growl vk class

class VK:
    def __init__(self):
        import vkontakte
        global config
        self.config = config.vk
        self.api = vkontakte.API(self.config.appId, self.config.appSecret)

    def getNewMessages(self):
        #print 'requesting vk'
        resp = self.api.get('wall.get', owner_id='-' + str(self.config.group), count=str(5))
        total = resp[0]
        posts = resp[1:]

        messages = []
        for i in xrange(total - self.config.handled):
            self.config.handled += 1
            global config
            config.save( open('growl.conf', 'w') ) # костыльно

            post = posts[i]
            author = self.api.get('users.get', uids=str(post['from_id']), fields='first_name,last_name,sex')[0] # nickname,screen_name,
            name = author['first_name'] + ' ' + author['last_name']
            posted = u'насрал' + ([u'о', u'а', u''][author['sex']])

            message = name + ' ' + posted + u' на стенке:\n' + post['text']
            if 'attachments' in post:
                for att in post['attachments']:
                    if att['type'] in ('photo', 'posted_photo'):
                        message += u'\n\tИзображение: ' + att[att['type']]['src_big']
                    elif att['type'] == 'link':
                        pass
                        #message += u'\n\tСсылка: ' + att[att['type']]['url']
                    elif att['type'] == 'video':
                        message += u'\n\tВидео: ' + att[att['type']]['title']
                    elif att['type'] == 'audio':
                        message += u'\n\tАудио: ' + att[att['type']]['performer'] + ' - ' + att[att['type']]['title']
                    else:
                        message += u'\n\tПрикреплено ' + att['type']

            messages.append(message)
        return messages