simplification and major rework

* updated gitignore file
* partly reworked servercontact implementation
* complete rework of uptime, version
* part rework of xep requests
+ added more comments to xep requests
+ added opt_arg to version, xep and contact
* complete rework of validate function
* updated HandleError function
* part rework of StaticStrings function
+ implemented data dictionary to hold all data in main bot
+ added message_ids
* complete rework of queue building and deduplication

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/common/strings.py b/common/strings.py
index 6866a31..faac65c 100644
--- a/common/strings.py
+++ b/common/strings.py
@@ -29,14 +29,13 @@ class StaticAnswers:
 			"number_keywords": ["!xep"]
 		}
 
-	def keys(self, arg="", keyword='keywords'):
-		if arg == 'list':
-			try:
-				return self.keywords[keyword]
-			except KeyError:
-				return self.keywords['keywords']
+	def keys(self, key=""):
+		# if specific keyword in referenced return that
+		if key in self.keywords.keys():
+			return self.keywords[key]
+		# in any other case return the whole dict
 		else:
-			return self.keywords
+			return self.keywords["keywords"]
 
 	def gen_help(self):
 		helpdoc = "\n".join(['%s' % value for (_, value) in self.helpfile.items()])