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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+#
+# 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
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
+
+"""This module contains methods to make POST and GET requests"""
+
+import json
+
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+    from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
+    from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib import urlencode
+    from urllib2 import urlopen, Request
+    from urllib2 import HTTPError, URLError
+
+from telegram import (InputFile, TelegramError)
+
+
+def _parse(json_data):
+    """Try and parse the JSON returned from Telegram and return an empty
+    dictionary if there is any error.
+
+    Args:
+      json_data:
+        JSON results from Telegram Bot API.
+
+    Returns:
+      A JSON parsed as Python dict with results.
+    """
+    try:
+        data = json.loads(json_data.decode())
+        if not data['ok']:
+            raise TelegramError(data['description'])
+    except ValueError:
+        if '<title>403 Forbidden</title>' in json_data:
+            raise TelegramError({'message': 'API must be authenticated'})
+        raise TelegramError({'message': 'JSON decoding'})
+
+    return data['result']
+
+
+def get(url):
+    """Request an URL.
+    Args:
+      url:
+        The web location we want to retrieve.
+    Returns:
+      A JSON object.
+    """
+    try:
+        result = urlopen(url).read()
+        return _parse(result)
+    except URLError as error:
+        raise TelegramError(str(error))
+
+
+def post(url,
+         data):
+    """Request an URL.
+    Args:
+      url:
+        The web location we want to retrieve.
+      data:
+        A dict of (str, unicode) key/value pairs.
+    Returns:
+      A JSON object.
+    """
+    try:
+        if InputFile.is_inputfile(data):
+            data = InputFile(data)
+
+            request = Request(
+                url,
+                data=data.to_form(),
+                headers=data.headers
+            )
+
+            result = urlopen(request).read()
+        else:
+            result = urlopen(
+                url,
+                urlencode(data).encode()
+            ).read()
+
+        return _parse(result)
+    except HTTPError as error:
+        raise TelegramError(str(error))
+    except URLError as error:
+        raise TelegramError(str(error))
+    except IOError as error:
+        raise TelegramError(str(error))