Perform Tasks Periodically With Python Irc Library

Is there a way to automate periodic tasks: like sending messages to other users or channels, etc. using python irclib or twisted-based youmomdotcom python irc bot. Example of ircl

Solution 1:

If you use the Twisted-based solution, you can simply use a LoopingCall to schedule whatever periodic method you want to call.

(If you use irclib it's much harder to do this in a way that works properly in all situations, so I will not include that in my answer here.)

Solution 2:

As Glyph pointed out, i've overridden the instance method connectionMade of the irc client class and made it use LoopingCall.

 def connectionMade(self):
        irc.IRCClient.connectionMade(self)
        task.LoopingCall(lambda : (self.msg(counterpartID, "hi there"))).start(5.0)