1.3.0

User

• /5v is a command that can be used to retrieve Holy Quran commentary from the Five Volume Commentary collection.
  • Give it a single verse (e.g. 1:1) and the bot will post the relevant page of the verse into chat.
• /salat is a command that can be used to retrieve Salat timings. (experimental)
  • Salat timings are computed from the provided location (city name or precise address).
  • An optional date can be provided to retrieve Salat timings for a specific day.
  • Requires a Nominatim instance to be setup. See Technical section for details.
  • Experimental feature. It must be manually enabled by bot administrators.
• /verse now accepts the translations parameter, which is a comma-separated list of translations to include in the output.
  • Currently only supports en, ar, and ur.
• Translated name of chapter now included in /verse outputs.

Technical

• Bot can now use a Nominatim instance to enable geolocalization features. This feature is experimental, and not enabled by default. Without a Nominatim instance, the /salat command (and other geolocalization features) will be disabled.
  • Address to the Nominatim instance must be provided as the geolocalizationUrl field in settings.json.
  • Read here to learn how to self-host a Nominatim instance within a Docker container. Do note that you need plenty of storage space to store all the data.
• A cache engine is now implemented to memoize lookups wherever possible. Set cache to false in settings.json if you want to disable this for some reason.
• Console outputs are now more readable.
• Fixed bug with verse numbering.