Added saving and loading of processed update ids.

F1DataBot.pm

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Important for switch feature
-use v5.34;
+use v5.32;
 
 use utf8;
 use strict;
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Encode;
 # CPAN packages
 use JSON;
 use Log::Log4perl;
+use YAML;
 
 # Package name
 package F1DataBot;
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ sub new {
         Telegram => 'https://api.telegram.org',
     };
 
+    # load remembered update ids
+    $Self->{UpdateIDs} = YAML::LoadFile('update_ids.yml');
+
     return $Self;
 }
 
@@ -386,11 +390,20 @@ sub fetchMessages {
     my @Messages = $MessageDataRaw->{result}->@*;
     $Self->{LogObject}
       ->info( 'fetchMessages: Messages returned are ' . Dumper( \@Messages ) );
+
+    MESSAGE:
     for my $Message (@Messages) {
         $Self->{LogObject}->info('fetchMessages: Calling processMessage');
-        $Self->processMessage( Message => $Message, );
+        if ($Self->{UpdateIDs}{$Message->{update_id}}) {
+            $Self->{LogObject}->info('fetchMessages: Skipping known update_id');
+            next MESSAGE;
+        }
+        else {
+            $Self->{UpdateIDs}{$Message->{update_id}} = 1;
+            $Self->processMessage( Message => $Message, );
+        }
     }
-
+    YAML::DumpFile('update_ids.yml', $Self->{UpdateIDs});
 }
 
 1;