improved code quality

examples/eventhandler_bot.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def anyMessageHandler(bot, update):
 def unknownCommandHandler(bot, update):
     bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='Command not recognized!')
 
+
 @run_async
 def messageHandler(bot, update):
     """
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ def unknownCLICommandHandler(bot, update):
 
 def main():
     # Create the EventHandler and pass it your bot's token
-    eh = BotEventHandler("TOKEN")
+    eh = BotEventHandler("148447715:AAGG70cC6s_kwrji2pLsaMeEzKGe0llA1hY")
 
     # on different commands - answer in Telegram
     eh.broadcaster.addTelegramCommandHandler("start", startCommandHandler)

telegram/boteventhandler.py

@@ -9,24 +9,34 @@ import sys
 from threading import Thread
 from telegram import (Bot, TelegramError, TelegramObject, Broadcaster)
 from time import sleep
+from functools import wraps
 
 # Adjust for differences in Python versions
 if sys.version_info.major is 2:
     from Queue import Queue
 elif sys.version_info.major is 3:
     from queue import Queue
-    
+
+
 def run_async(func):
-	from threading import Thread
-	from functools import wraps
+    """
+    Function decorator that will run the function in a new thread.
 
-	@wraps(func)
-	def async_func(*args, **kwargs):
-		func_hl = Thread(target=func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
-		func_hl.start()
-		return func_hl
+    Args:
+        func (function): The function to run in the thread.
+
+    Returns:
+        function:
+    """
+
+    @wraps(func)
+    def async_func(*args, **kwargs):
+        thread = Thread(target=func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
+        thread.start()
+        return thread
+
+    return async_func
 
-	return async_func
 
 class BotEventHandler(TelegramObject):
     """
@@ -40,9 +50,6 @@ class BotEventHandler(TelegramObject):
     
     Args:
         token (str): The bots token given by the @BotFather
-        **kwargs: Arbitrary keyword arguments.
-
-    Keyword Args:
         base_url (Optional[str]):
     """
     
@@ -57,9 +64,6 @@ class BotEventHandler(TelegramObject):
         Starts polling updates from Telegram. 
         
         Args:
-            **kwargs: Arbitrary keyword arguments.
-
-        Keyword Args:
             poll_interval (Optional[float]): Time to wait between polling 
                 updates from Telegram in seconds. Default is 1.0
 

telegram/broadcaster.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This module contains the Broadcaster class.
 
 from telegram import (TelegramError, TelegramObject, Update)
 
+
 class Broadcaster(TelegramObject):
     """
     This class broadcasts all kinds of updates to its registered handlers.
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ class Broadcaster(TelegramObject):
     Args:
         bot (telegram.Bot): The bot object that should be passed to the handlers
         update_queue (queue.Queue): The synchronized queue that will contain the
-        updates
+        updates.
     """
     def __init__(self, bot, update_queue):
         self.bot = bot
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ class Broadcaster(TelegramObject):
         if matcher.math(update.message.text) is True.
 
         Args:
-            matcher (str): A compiled regex object that matches on messages that
-                handler should be listening to
+            matcher (__Regex): A compiled regex object that matches on messages
+                that handler should be listening to
             handler (function): A function that takes (Bot, Update) as
                 arguments.
         """
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ class Broadcaster(TelegramObject):
         if matcher.math(string) is True.
 
         Args:
-            matcher (str): A compiled regex object that matches on the string
+            matcher (__Regex): A compiled regex object that matches on the string
                 input that handler should be listening to
             handler (function): A function that takes (Bot, Update) as
                 arguments.