def _start(self):
    'Requests bot information based on current api_key, and sets\n        self.whoami to dictionary with username, first_name, and id of the\n        configured bot.\n\n        '
    if (self.whoami is None):
        me = self.get_me()
        if me.get('ok', False):
            self.whoami = me['result']
        else:
            raise ValueError('Bot Cannot request information, check api_key')
Requests bot information based on current api_key, and sets
self.whoami to dictionary with username, first_name, and id of the
configured bot.
def _start(self):
    'Requests bot information based on current api_key, and sets\n        self.whoami to dictionary with username, first_name, and id of the\n        configured bot.\n\n        '
    if (self.whoami is None):
        me = self.get_me()
        if me.get('ok', False):
            self.whoami = me['result']
        else:
            raise ValueError('Bot Cannot request information, check api_key')