Replace any class with this to essentially disable all references to it in code. Use this instead of many try/excepts or ifs.

absorber.py

class Disabled:
    """Class that absorbs all attribute and method calls on it"""

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        pass

    def __getattr__(self, item):
        return self

    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self

    def __getitem__(self, item):
        return self

    def __enter__(self):
        return self

    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
        return self