> On Apr 6, 2015, at 20:27, Laurens Vets <laur...@daemon.be> wrote: > > On 2015-03-30 13:39, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: >>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Laurens Vets <laur...@daemon.be> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I'm trying to get to know the Twisted framework by extending the >>> ircLogBot.py example. I want to be able to get a list of all names in a >>> channel (by sending NAMES) and I want to rerun this every 5 minutes. >>> I've been able to get the NAMES on a channel join by doing this in LogBot: >>> def joined(self, channel): >>> self.names(channel) >>> def names(self, channel): >>> self.sendLine("NAMES %s" % channel) >>> def irc_unknown(self, prefix, command, params): >>> if command == 'RPL_NAMREPLY': >>> self.handle_namereply(*params) >>> def handle_namereply(self, myname, channeltype, channelname, users): >>> self.logger.log("Handling namereply %r %r %r %r" % (myname, channeltype, >>> channelname, users)) >>> The problem I face is that I have no idea where to put a LoopingCall to run >>> this same command every 5 minutes. Where would be the best place to place >>> this? >> I would probably start such a LoopingCall in LogBot.connectionMade, >> and make sure to stop it in LogBot.connectionLost. That way only an >> active connection will attempt to send NAMES to itself. >> Does that make sense for your application? >> Thanks for using Twisted, > > I created the call in LogBot.joined as I need to be joined in a channel > before I can send the NAMES command. Does that sound right? I'll also stop it > in in connectionLost. I did not think of that, thanks! :)
Yup, that all sounds right. > Next stop: adding a database connection. Good luck! > Thank you for making Twisted! :) Thank you for using it! -glyph _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python