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Niyaz
Niyaz

Reputation: 54823

How to send IRC messages every few seconds using twisted?

The twisted documentation provides an example of how to create an IRC bot

Here is the code I currently have (derived from the above example):

from twisted.words.protocols import irc
from twisted.internet import protocol
from twisted.internet import reactor

class Bot(irc.IRCClient):
    def _get_nickname(self):
        return self.factory.nickname
    nickname = property(_get_nickname)

    def signedOn(self):
        self.join(self.factory.channel)
        print "Signed on as %s." % (self.nickname,)

    def joined(self, channel):
        print "Joined %s." % (channel,)

    def privmsg(self, user, channel, msg):
        print msg

class BotFactory(protocol.ClientFactory):
    protocol = Bot

    def __init__(self, channel, nickname='test-nick-name'):
        self.channel = channel
        self.nickname = nickname

    def clientConnectionLost(self, connector, reason):
        print "Lost connection (%s), reconnecting." % (reason,)
        connector.connect()

    def clientConnectionFailed(self, connector, reason):
        print "Could not connect: %s" % (reason,)


if __name__ == "__main__":

    channel = '#test-channel-123'
    reactor.connectTCP('irc.freenode.net', 6667, BotFactory(channel))
    reactor.run()

Now I want to add the functionality of sending a message say every 5 seconds to the channel. How do I go about doing that? How do I get the handle to the Bot.msg method from outside?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1079

Answers (1)

sloth
sloth

Reputation: 101142

sending a message say every 5 seconds to the channel

Have a look at LoopingCall, which you can use to call a method every n seconds.

from twisted.internet import task

task.LoopingCall(yourSendingMethodHere).start(5.0)

How do I get the handle to the Bot.msg method from outside?

It's up to you. You create the instance of the BotFactory, and every Bot has a reference to its factory.

Upvotes: 2

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