Scheduling ========== Calling a function at a regular interval ---------------------------------------- It's possible to automatically call functions at regular intervals, using the :meth:`~errbot.botplugin.BotPlugin.start_poller` and :meth:`~errbot.botplugin.BotPlugin.stop_poller` methods. For example, you could schedule a callback to be executed once every minute when your plugin gets activated: .. code-block:: python :emphasize-lines: 9 from errbot import BotPlugin class PluginExample(BotPlugin): def my_callback(self): self.log.debug('I am called every minute') def activate(self): super().activate() self.start_poller(60, self.my_callback) It is also possible to specify the `times` parameter, which denotes how many times the function should be called, for instance: .. code-block:: python :emphasize-lines: 9 from errbot import BotPlugin class PluginExample(BotPlugin): def my_callback(self): self.log.debug('I got called after a minute (and just once)') def activate(self): super().activate() self.start_poller(60, self.my_callback, times=1)