Markdown not being parsed correctly

[Freekers]

Messages containing Markdown content are not being parsed correctly. Instead, the Markdown syntax appears as plain text characters in the message. For example:

This issue seems resolvable by passing MarkdownV2 as the parse_mode. However, this does not currently appear to be an available option or environmental variable for this plugin. More info can be found here: Telegram Bot API: Formatting Options.

[Flummi]

I tried that and didn't succeed. :\

[Freekers]

I tried that and didn't succeed. :\

I couldn’t get MarkdownV2 to work either, likely due to issues with escaping certain characters. However, I did manage to get Markdown working, which is sufficient for my use case. I’ve opened a PR for this in case you’re interested: #12

[Freekers]

@Flummi My fork now supports MarkdownV2 formatting. It properly handles large messages by intelligently splitting them while preserving Markdown formatting. It also splits messages at natural boundaries (such as newlines and words) whenever possible to avoid exceeding Telegram's message size limit. Each part of a split message is labeled with "(n/N)" at the top, making it easier to track the message parts. Additionally, the code includes a small delay between messages to prevent hitting Telegram's rate limits.

Please note that I am not a developer. In fact, the code was entirely written by Claude AI (because ChatGPT couldn't figure it out). I've tested it and it works for my use case, which is forwarding notifications from my Proxmox instance to Telegram.

I have built the plugin for Gotify V2.6.1 for AMD64, ARM7 and ARM64 platforms and added them as a release to my fork.