scrapinghub/slackbot

In-process cron

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#42 opened on Dec 15, 2015

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Description

Slack's example bot has something like cron for your plugins - so your bot can initiate stuff. It would be nice if slackbot would provide such functionality.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Python basicsFamiliarity with slackbot
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
The issue requests a cron like scheduling feature similar to Slack's python rtmbot. Review the existing slackbot plugin system in the repository, particularly how plugins are loaded and run. Investigate the python rtmbot example for inspiration on implementing a scheduler. Consider using Python's `threading.Timer` or `schedule` library to add periodic tasks. Look at the code in `slackbot/plugins.py` and `slackbot/bot.py` to understand where to integrate the scheduler.