From 9aec497c411b9d535e8845593c77fa686d9fc12f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elliot <3186037+elliot-100@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 21:52:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: docstrings in spond.send_message() are incorrect for
 optional params. Also added corresponding type hints

---
 spond/spond.py | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spond/spond.py b/spond/spond.py
index f0df15f..8dbf0b5 100644
--- a/spond/spond.py
+++ b/spond/spond.py
@@ -150,7 +150,13 @@ async def _continue_chat(self, chat_id: str, text: str):
         return await r.json()
 
     @_SpondBase.require_authentication
-    async def send_message(self, text: str, user=None, group_uid=None, chat_id=None):
+    async def send_message(
+        self,
+        text: str,
+        user: Optional[str] = None,
+        group_uid: Optional[str] = None,
+        chat_id: Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
         """
         Start a new chat or continue an existing one.
 
@@ -159,14 +165,14 @@ async def send_message(self, text: str, user=None, group_uid=None, chat_id=None)
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        text: str
+        text : str
             Message to send
-        user : str
+        user : str, optional
             Identifier to match against member/guardian's id, email, full name, or
             profile id.
-        group_uid : str
+        group_uid : str, optional
             UID of the group.
-        chat_id : str
+        chat_id : str, optional
             Identifier of the chat.
 
         Returns