basic bot setup

contest/db.py

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+import sqlite3
+
+import aiosqlite
+
+from contest import constants
+
+
+class ContestDatabase(object):
+    """
+    A handler class for a SQLite3 database used by the bot with Async support.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, conn: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+        self.db = conn
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def create(cls) -> 'ContestDatabase':
+        """
+        Constructs a ContestDatabase object connecting to the default database location with the proper connection settings.
+        :return: A fully realized ContestDatabase object.
+        """
+        conn = await aiosqlite.connect(constants.DATABASE, detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DELCTYPES)
+        db = ContestDatabase(conn)
+        await conn.commit()
+        return db
+
+    async def is_setup(self):
+        pass