start of refactor to objects

modules/utils.py

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+import logging
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import requests
+import os
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+def upsert_list_of_dicts_by_id(list_of_dicts, new_dict, id='id', seq_check_field: str | None = None):
+    for index, item in enumerate(list_of_dicts):
+        if item.get(id) == new_dict.get(id):
+            if seq_check_field is not None:
+                if item.get(seq_check_field) > new_dict.get(seq_check_field):
+                    logging.info('Skipping out of sequence msg')
+                    return list_of_dicts
+            list_of_dicts[index] = new_dict
+            return list_of_dicts
+    
+    list_of_dicts.append(new_dict)
+    return list_of_dicts
+
+def send_tg_alert(msg: str):
+    token = os.getenv("TG_TOKEN")
+    chat_id = os.getenv("TG_ALERTS_CHAT_ID")
+    
+    url = f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage?chat_id={chat_id}'
+    response = requests.post(url, json={'text': str(str(msg)[:250])}, timeout=10)
+
+    return response.json()