Got pytest working. Basic boilerplate code done. Took a lot of work since I don't normally use Python for projects that are meant to be scaled.

.gitignore

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+**/.eggs
+**/.pytest_cache
+**/plugboardChatbotFramework.egg-info
+**/__pycache__

plugboard-chatbot-framework/setup.py

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-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-setup(
-    name='plugboard-chatbot-framework',
-    packages=find_packages(include=['plugboard-chatbot-framework']),
-    version='0.1.0',
-    description='Plugboard, a chatbot framework so you only have to write code once.',
-    author='Innovation Science',
-    license='GPLv3',
-    install_requires=['asyncio','matrix-nio','os','ping3','urllib3','configparser'],
-    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
-    tests_require=['pytest==4.4.1'],
-    test_suite='tests',
-)

plugboardChatbotFramework/plugboardChatbotFramework/client/client.py

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+# baseClient.py - An abstract method that acts as a blueprint for chatbot clients.
+#
+# (C) Innovation Science, Katie Martin
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+class baseClient(ABC):
+	
+	# Constructor
+	@abstractmethod
+	def __init__(self):
+		pass

plugboardChatbotFramework/plugboardChatbotFramework/matrix/__init__.py

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+import matrix

plugboardChatbotFramework/plugboardChatbotFramework/matrix/matrix.py

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+# matrixClient.py - Implements baseClient.py, for use with Matrix homeservers.
+#
+# (C) Innovation Science, Katie Martin
+
+from abc import ABC,abstractmethod
+import plugboardChatbotFramework.client.client as client
+
+# I don't like this, but Python seems to be wanting to force my hand.
+class matrixClient(client.baseClient):
+	username=''
+	password=''
+	botChannel=''
+	serverAddr=''
+	serverWebAddr=''
+	
+	# Constructor
+	def __init__(self, username='', password='', botChannel='', serverAddr='', serverWebAddr=''):
+		self.username = username
+		self.password = password
+		self.botChannel = botChannel
+		self.serverAddr = serverAddr
+		self.serverWebAddr = serverWebAddr

plugboardChatbotFramework/setup.py

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+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+#print(find_packages(include=['plugboardChatbotFramework']))
+
+setup(
+    name='plugboardChatbotFramework',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='Plugboard, a chatbot framework so you only have to write code once.',
+    author='Innovation Science',
+    license='GPLv3',
+    install_requires=['asyncio','matrix-nio','ping3','urllib3','configparser'],
+    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
+    tests_require=['pytest==7.4.0'],
+    test_suite='tests',
+)
+
+#    install_requires=['asyncio','matrix-nio','os','ping3','urllib3','configparser'],
+#     packages=find_packages(include=['plugboard-chatbot-framework']),
+# originally 4.4.1

plugboardChatbotFramework/tests/matrix/test_matrix.py

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+import plugboardChatbotFramework.matrix.matrix as matrix
+
+def test_init():
+	client = matrix.matrixClient()
+	user = client.username
+	assert user == ''
+
+def test_getUsername():
+	client = matrix.matrixClient()
+	user = client.username
+	assert user == ''