spacestate.py

import time
import willie
import re
from willie.module import commands, interval

INTERVAL = 5
SPACESTATE = "unknown"
CHANNEL = "#lag"


def checkstate():
  global SPACESTATE
  f = open('/home/slug/Source/state.txt')
  statef = f.read()
  return statef

def readTopic(bot):
        bot.write(['TOPIC', CHANNEL])
        return

@interval(INTERVAL)
@event('332')
@rule('.*')
def trackstate(bot):
  global SPACESTATE
  global CHANNEL
  state = checkstate()
  if SPACESTATE != state:
        oldtopic = readTopic()
        newtopic = re.sub(r'we are ' + SPACESTATE, 'we are ' + state, oldtopic)
        bot.msg(CHANNEL ,'The space is now ' + state)
        bot.write(('TOPIC', CHANNEL + ' :' + newtopic))
        SPACESTATE = state

@willie.module.commands('spacestate')
def spacestate(bot, trigger):
  state = checkstate()
  bot.say('The space is currently ' + state)