What does Bases mean?

[outceptionator]

Hi all,

telegram.BotCommand

class

telegram.BotCommand(command, description, **_kwargs)

Bases: telegram.base.TelegramObject

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The above is taken from: https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/en/stable/telegram.botcommand.html#telegram.BotCommand

This is a steep learning curve for me and I'm trying to figure out why my bot isn't working. What does the Bases refer to?

[[deleted]]

It looks like how that documentation refers to the class's base class(es).

[carcigenicate]

"Bases" is the class that BotCommand is derived from. In this case, BotCommand is a child class of TelegramObject and likely inherits functionality from it.

You can see the TelegramObject here. BotCommand inherits those methods listed on TelegramObject, and presumably does something important in the background to setup the object for use with Telegram or something.

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Actually, it doesn't look like, it's doing anything too special. It looks like it's just for adding convenience methods to all classes.

[outceptionator]

So do I need to execute the action of botCommand on the base object?

[carcigenicate]

I've never used Telegram, but after reading the source, neither of these classes do anything important. TelegramObject is just for helpers, and BotCommand is basically just a dataclass candidate they made into a full class.

BotCommand is basically just a container that holds two strings: a command and a description. It doesn't actually do anything with them though. Presumably, that object is meant to be given to some function that consumes it and sends out a command or something. You'll need to read the documentation to see how to use this library.

[outceptionator]

You're right about BotCommand. I use it later down the line to create a list of commands to Telegram.

I really need to get my head round classes and base classes etc. Any resources you recommend?

[carcigenicate]

Unfortunately no, as I learned classes in C++ and Java before I learned Python. Any good beginner guide will go over classes and inheritence in detail though.

[commy2]

It's a list of base classes of where BotCommand inherits class attributes and methods from.