import json class JSONFactory(object): """Factory class to create JSON messages to be sent to the shoutbox API""" running_id = 1 @staticmethod def make_object(text, user, timestamp, ip): """ Create a JSON object from the passed parameters and add a running id """ message = json.dumps({ "id": JSONFactory.running_id, "text": text, "user": user, "timestamp": timestamp, "ip": ip }) JSONFactory.running_id += 1 return message @staticmethod def make_array(object_list): """Create a JSON array from a list of JSON objects""" return "[\n" + ",\n".join(object_list) + "\n]"