Encodes nested hashes in request body as json

lib/telegram/bot/client.rb

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ module Telegram
         def typed_response!
           prepend TypedResponse
         end
+
+        # Encodes nested hashes as json.
+        def prepare_body(body)
+          body.each do |k, val|
+            body[k] = val.to_json if val.is_a?(Hash)
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       attr_reader :client, :token, :username, :base_uri
@@ -47,8 +54,8 @@ module Telegram
         client.debug_dev = nil
       end
 
-      def request(action, data = {})
+      def request(action, body = {})
-        res = http_request("#{base_uri}#{action}", data)
+        res = http_request("#{base_uri}#{action}", self.class.prepare_body(body))
         status = res.status
         return JSON.parse(res.body) if 300 > status
         result = JSON.parse(res.body) rescue nil # rubocop:disable RescueModifier

spec/telegram/bot/client_spec.rb

@@ -44,4 +44,23 @@ RSpec.describe Telegram::Bot::Client do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '.prepare_body' do
+    subject { described_class.prepare_body(input) }
+
+    context 'when plain hash is given' do
+      let(:input) { {a: 1, b: '2', c: [1, 2]} }
+      it { should eq input }
+    end
+
+    context 'when nested hash is given' do
+      let(:input) { {a: 1, b: '2', c: [1, 2], d: {a: 1}, e: {b: []}} }
+
+      it 'encodes nested hashes to json' do
+        expected = input.dup
+        %i(d e).each { |x| expected[x] = expected[x].to_json }
+        should eq expected
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end