def action_request(self): title = API.get_title_by_id(self.str_input) # in this case, pass it in as a list self.build_response([title]) if len(self.response.avail_titles) > 0: self.response.message = 'Great! %s is available to stream!' % title.name else: self.response.message = 'Unfortunately %s is not available to stream. You might want to set up ' \ 'an alert.' % title.name