python-telegram-bot/telegram/ext/handler.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
# Copyright (C) 2015-2016
# Leandro Toledo de Souza <devs@python-telegram-bot.org>
#
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""" This module contains the base class for handlers as used by the
Dispatcher """

from telegram.utils.deprecate import deprecate


class Handler(object):
    """
    The base class for all update handlers. You can create your own handlers
    by inheriting from this class.

    Args:
        callback (function): A function that takes ``bot, update`` as
            positional arguments. It will be called when the ``check_update``
            has determined that an update should be processed by this handler.
        pass_update_queue (optional[bool]): If set to ``True``, a keyword argument called
            ``update_queue`` will be passed to the callback function. It will be the ``Queue``
            instance used by the ``Updater`` and ``Dispatcher`` that contains new updates which can
             be used to insert updates. Default is ``False``.
        pass_job_queue (optional[bool]): If set to ``True``, a keyword argument called
            ``job_queue`` will be passed to the callback function. It will be a ``JobQueue``
            instance created by the ``Updater`` which can be used to schedule new jobs.
            Default is ``False``.
    """

    def __init__(self, callback, pass_update_queue=False, pass_job_queue=False):
        self.callback = callback
        self.pass_update_queue = pass_update_queue
        self.pass_job_queue = pass_job_queue

    def check_update(self, update):
        """
        This method is called to determine if an update should be handled by
        this handler instance. It should always be overridden.

        Args:
            update (object): The update to be tested

        Returns:
            bool
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def handle_update(self, update, dispatcher):
        """
        This method is called if it was determined that an update should indeed
        be handled by this instance. It should also be overridden, but in most
        cases call self.callback(dispatcher.bot, update), possibly along with
        optional arguments.

        Args:
            update (object): The update to be handled

        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def collect_optional_args(self, dispatcher):
        """
        Prepares the optional arguments that are the same for all types of
        handlers

        Args:
            dispatcher (Dispatcher):
        """
        optional_args = dict()
        if self.pass_update_queue:
            optional_args['update_queue'] = dispatcher.update_queue
        if self.pass_job_queue:
            optional_args['job_queue'] = dispatcher.job_queue

        return optional_args

    # old non-PEP8 Handler methods
    m = "telegram.Handler."
    checkUpdate = deprecate(check_update, m + "checkUpdate", m + "check_update")
    handleUpdate = deprecate(handle_update, m + "handleUpdate", m + "handle_update")
    collectOptionalArgs = deprecate(collect_optional_args, m + "collectOptionalArgs",
                                    m + "collect_optional_args")