small improvments

src/logs/channel_logs.py

@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ import discord
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from . import MessageLog
+from utils import serialize, FakeMessage
 
 CHUNK_SIZE = 2000
 FORMAT = 3
 
-NOT_SERIALIZED = ["channel", "guild", "start_date"]
-
 
 class ChannelLogs:
     def __init__(self, channel: Union[discord.TextChannel, dict], guild: Any):
@@ -82,9 +81,7 @@ class ChannelLogs:
                     done = 0
                     async for message in channel.history(
                         limit=CHUNK_SIZE,
-                        before=discord.MessageReference(
-                            self.first_message_id, self.id, guild_id=self.guild.id
-                        )
+                        before=FakeMessage(self.first_message_id)
                         if self.first_message_id is not None
                         else None,
                         oldest_first=False,
@@ -110,9 +107,7 @@ class ChannelLogs:
                     tmp_message_id = self.last_message_id
                     async for message in channel.history(
                         limit=CHUNK_SIZE,
-                        after=discord.MessageReference(
-                            self.first_message_id, self.id, guild_id=self.guild.id
-                        ),
+                        after=FakeMessage(self.first_message_id),
                         oldest_first=True,
                     ):
                         last_message_date = message.created_at
@@ -121,7 +116,7 @@ class ChannelLogs:
                         await m.load(message)
                         self.messages.insert(0, m)
                     yield len(self.messages), False
-        except discord.errors.HTTPException:
+        except discord.errors.HTTPException as e:
             yield -1, True
             return  # When an exception occurs (like Forbidden)
         self.start_date = (
@@ -130,8 +125,6 @@ class ChannelLogs:
         yield len(self.messages), True
 
     def dict(self) -> dict:
-        channel = dict(self.__dict__)
-        for key in NOT_SERIALIZED:
-            channel.pop(key, None)
+        channel = serialize(self, not_serialized=["channel", "guild", "start_date"])
         channel["messages"] = [message.dict() for message in self.messages]
         return channel

src/logs/message_log.py

@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@ from typing import Union, Any
 import discord
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from utils import is_extension
+from utils import is_extension, serialize
 
 IMAGE_FORMAT = [".gif", ".gifv", ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".bmp"]
-EMBED_IMAGES = ["image", "gifv"]
-
-
-NOT_SERIALIZED = ["channel"]
+EMBED_IMAGES = ["image", "gifv", "gif"]
 
 
 class MessageLog:
@@ -81,11 +78,6 @@ class MessageLog:
                 self.reactions[str(reaction.emoji)] += [user.id]
 
     def dict(self) -> dict:
-        message = dict(self.__dict__)
-        for key in NOT_SERIALIZED:
-            message.pop(key, None)
-        message["created_at"] = self.created_at.isoformat()
-        message["edited_at"] = (
-            self.edited_at.isoformat() if self.edited_at is not None else None
+        return serialize(
+            self, not_serialized=["channel"], dates=["created_at", "edited_at"]
         )
-        return message

src/utils/utils.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def generate_help(
     replace_args=[],
 ):
     arg_list = "* " + "\n* ".join(
-        replace_args + COMMON_HELP_ARGS[len(replace_args) :] + args
+        args + replace_args + COMMON_HELP_ARGS[len(replace_args) :]
     )
     return f"""```
 %{cmd}: {info}
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ def escape_text(text: str) -> str:
     return discord.utils.escape_markdown(discord.utils.escape_mentions(text))
 
 
+class FakeMessage:
+    def __init__(self, id: int):
+        self.id = id
+
 # FILE
 
 
@@ -132,6 +136,21 @@ def val_sum(d: Dict[Any, int]) -> int:
     return sum(d.values())
 
 
+def serialize(
+    obj: Any, *, not_serialized: List[str] = [], dates: List[str] = []
+) -> Dict:
+    output = dict(obj.__dict__)
+    for key in not_serialized:
+        output.pop(key, None)
+    for key in dates:
+        if output[key]:
+            try:
+                output[key] = getattr(obj, key).isoformat()
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+    return output
+
+
 # MESSAGE FORMATTING