Basic cron version

bot/bot.lua

@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ function do_action(msg)
       matches = { string.match(text, pattern) }
       if matches[1] then
         print("  matches",pattern)
-        result = desc.run(msg, matches)
-        print("  sending", result)
-        if (result) then
-          _send_msg(receiver, result)
-          return
+        if desc.run ~= nil then
+          result = desc.run(msg, matches)
+          print("  sending", result)
+          if (result) then
+            _send_msg(receiver, result)
+            return
+          end
         end
       end
     end
@@ -182,6 +184,10 @@ end
 
 function on_binlog_replay_end ()
   started = 1
+  load_plugins()
+  -- Uncomment the line to enable cron plugins.
+  -- cron_plugins()
+  -- See plugins/ping.lua as an example for cron
 end
 
 -- Start and load values
@@ -195,7 +201,6 @@ plugins = {}
 
 -- load all plugins in the plugins/ directory
 function load_plugins()
-  plugins = {}
   for k, v in pairs(scandir("plugins")) do
     -- Load only lua files
     if (v:match(".lua$")) then
@@ -206,5 +211,16 @@ function load_plugins()
   end
 end
 
-load_plugins()
+-- Cron all the enabled plugins
+function cron_plugins()
 
+  for name, desc in pairs(plugins) do
+    if desc.cron ~= nil then
+      print("croned!"..desc.description)
+      desc.cron()
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Called again in 5 mins
+  postpone (cron_plugins, false, 5*60.0)
+end