#!/usr/bin/env python # # A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API # Copyright (C) 2015-2016 # Leandro Toledo de Souza # # 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 the base class for handlers as used by the Dispatcher """ 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 ``checkUpdate`` has determined that an update should be processed by this handler. pass_update_queue (optional[bool]): If the callback should be passed the update queue as a keyword argument called ``update_queue``. It can be used to insert updates. Default is ``False`` """ def __init__(self, callback, pass_update_queue=False): self.callback = callback self.pass_update_queue = pass_update_queue def checkUpdate(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 """ raise NotImplementedError def handleUpdate(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 collectOptionalArgs(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 return optional_args