Just a couple stylistic points

Function/Variable Naming

Functions and variables should be in snake_case (PEP 8).

getMessage -> get_message
encodeMessage -> encode_message
sendMessage -> send_message

Docstrings

You can include docstrings to provide some explanation for your methods and describe your parameters and return value. (PEP 8).

Something like

def make_URL(qnumber):
    """
    Creates a URL with the passed "qnumber" and returns the URL.

    :param qnumber -> int qnumber: Question number to query

    :return str: Formatted URL
    """

Type Hints

You can include type hints to easily identify what types are accepted and returned.

def make_URL(qnumber: str) -> str:
    ...