python-telegram-bot/telegram/base.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API
# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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#
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import json
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod


class TelegramObject(object):
    """Base class for most telegram object"""

    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.to_dict())

    def __getitem__(self, item):
        return self.__dict__[item]

    @staticmethod
    def de_json(data):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def to_json(self):
        return json.dumps(self.to_dict())

    @abstractmethod
    def to_dict(self):
        return