0.12.0

Added

• All clients now support a user-provided httpx.Client.
• Added support for the VBML absolutePosition style.
• Added support for the VBML rawCharacters component field.
• SubscriptionClient provides a client interface to Vestaboard's Subscription API.

Changed

• The encode_*() functions now consistently specify keyword-only arguments.
• Vestaboard has deprecated the Platform API, so our Client interface is also
  considered deprecated. Switch to SubscriptionClient, which offers nearly
  identical functionality.

0.11.0

Added

• VBMLClient provides a client interface to Vestaboard's VBML (Vestaboard Markup Language) API.
• Added support for Python 3.12.

Changed

• Switched to a pyproject.toml-based package configuration.

0.10.1

Added

• Added text message support to ReadWriteClient.write_message().

Fixed

• ReadWriteClient.get_message() now correctly returns a Rows value rather
  than a JSON-encoded string.

0.10.0

Added

• Added max_rows to encode_text() for controlling the maximum number of rows
  that will be returned (defaulting to 6). It can be set to a lower value to
  produce a partial board or 0 to support unlimited rows.

Changed

• encode_text() no longer raises ValueError when the result exceeds the
  maximum number of rows. Instead, the result is truncated to max_rows.

0.9.0

Added

• Added Color.BLANK and Color.FILLED color values.

Changed

• Switched to HTTPX as the underlying HTTP library.
• Color.BLACK now uses the official "black" character code (70). Use Color.BLANK for character code 0 (previously used by Color.BLACK).
• The default "fill" color is now Color.BLANK instead of Color.BLACK.

Removed

• Dropped support for Python 3.7.

0.8.0

Added

• LocalClient provides a client interface to Vestaboard's Local API.
• ReadWriteClient provides a client interface to Vestaboard's Read / Write API.

Changed

• The documentation now uses the Furo theme.
• Requests version 2.27.0 or later is now required

0.7.3

Added

• Various typing improvements, including a py.typed marker file.

0.7.2

Added

• encode_text()'s valign argument can be set to None to disable row padding. (#21)

Changed

• encode()'s error handling has been improved. A ValueError will now be raised for all unsupported character codes, including those within the [0, 69] range such as 57, 58, and 61. (#22)

0.7.1

Fixed

• encode_text() was adding a leading blank character to the row after a line break. (#18, @natekspencer)

0.7.0

Added

• encode_text() offers a valign argument for controlling vertical alignment within the board. (#15)
• Client.post_message() now raises ValueError if message is a list of encoded characters with the wrong dimensions. (#14)

Changed

• encode_text() now always produces six rows of output (a full board). (#15)

Removed

• Dropped support for Python 3.6, which has officially reached the end of its supported life.