Community object contains new cover field. account.getCounters method takes a new value friends_suggestions in the filter parameter. pages.get checks whether the user has administrator rights for using the need_source parameter.
account.getInfo method returns an additional 2fa_required field for accounts with 2FA. Restriction for the feed parameter has been added in photos.get method.
button field has a new structure for attachments with link type.
can_message, ban_info, can_post, can_upload_doc, can_upload_video, can_see_all_posts, can_create_topic, is_favorite, is_hidden_from_feed fields in a community object are returned for the requests including access_token only.
messages.getHistory method can use rev parameter with start_message_id parameter. start_message_id can be equal 0. friends.edit method return error if specified wrong value of list_ids parameter: Code: 100, Message: invalid list_ids.
messages.send and messages.sendSticker methods use random_id parameter instead guid. account.getPushSettings return peer_id field instead chat_id and user_id. account.setSilenceMode method use peer_id parameter instead chat_id and user_id. messages.getHistoryAttachments method return market items, posts and comments like link attachments.
Allow only positive integers for out, time_offset, filters parameters in messages.get method. message_ids is required parameter for messages.getById method.
notifications.get method returns notifications about new market comment replies. newsfeed.getComments method returns new comments for market items. wall.get, wall.search, wall.getById methods return market_album in attachments.
apps.get è apps.getCatalog methods returns photo object for screenshots fields. Add in_read, out_read fields in response of messages.getDialogs, messages.getHistory and messages.getLongPollHistory methods. Add peer_id parameter for messages.send, messages.sendSticker, messages.deleteDialog, messages.setActivity and messages.getHistory methods.
Group fields start_date and finish_date became numbers (were strings).
If friend filter is enabled, field user_id is returned instead of uid.
Method fave.getLinks returns images with names photo_50 and photo_100 instead of image_src and image_middle.
New extended parameter was added for method newsfeed.search to return additional information about the user or community that placed the post.
Method friends.areFriends was updated, sign field generation algorithm was changed: user id is added to id. Note object presentation was fixed for newsfeed.get and newsfeed.getRecommeded: id and comments are returned now.
In messages.getDialogs method unread parameter was added, only dialogs with unread inbound messages are returned if it is passed. Count of such dialogs was added in method result as unread_dialogs field (if positive) and count of unread inbound messages is returned for each dialog in unread field (if positive).
In messages.getHistory method rev parameter is not available to use with start_message_id parameter, behaviour of start_message_id and its link with offset has changed, count of unread inbound messages was added to result in unread field (if positive) and count of skipped messages when using start_message_id was added to result in skipped field (if positive).
In messages.get method only two values for filter param are valid, 0 (all incoming or all outgoing messages, selected by out field) or 8 (important messages), other values are ignored. messages.markAsNew method is not supported anymore.
Field cid changed to id in newsfeed.getComments.
new format for video object in notifications.get method. friends.getLists list object now, list_id instead id. board.getTopics – polls in new format now. audio.getAlbums and video.getAlbums – id instead album_id. audio.getRecommendations, friends.getSuggestions – list object now. groups.getMembers – list object now. places.getCheckins – user_id instead uid in checkins objects.
For grouped notifications (users liked, shared, followed, ..) in feedback field full count of users is returned, not only some of their last identifiers.
In all methods that return people objects, photo, photo_medium_rec fields were renamed to photo_50, photo_100.
In wall attachment from and copy_owner fields return as user or community object, not array.