Re-implement txt functionality

utils.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import io
 
 pathregex = re.compile("\\w{1,15}\\/(status|statuses)\\/(\\d{2,20})")
 endTCOregex = re.compile("(^.*?) +https:\/\/t.co\/.*?$")
@@ -16,4 +17,27 @@ def stripEndTCO(text):
     if match is not None:
         return match.group(1)
     else:
-        return text
+        return text
+    
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/55977438
+class BytesIOWrapper(io.BufferedReader):
+    """Wrap a buffered bytes stream over TextIOBase string stream."""
+
+    def __init__(self, text_io_buffer, encoding=None, errors=None, **kwargs):
+        super(BytesIOWrapper, self).__init__(text_io_buffer, **kwargs)
+        self.encoding = encoding or text_io_buffer.encoding or 'utf-8'
+        self.errors = errors or text_io_buffer.errors or 'strict'
+
+    def _encoding_call(self, method_name, *args, **kwargs):
+        raw_method = getattr(self.raw, method_name)
+        val = raw_method(*args, **kwargs)
+        return val.encode(self.encoding, errors=self.errors)
+
+    def read(self, size=-1):
+        return self._encoding_call('read', size)
+
+    def read1(self, size=-1):
+        return self._encoding_call('read1', size)
+
+    def peek(self, size=-1):
+        return self._encoding_call('peek', size)