Errbot recipes: Create a poller

asciiart.py

from datetime import datetime
from errbot import BotPlugin, botcmd
from pyfiglet import Figlet, FigletFont

class AsciiArt(BotPlugin):
  """ Ascii Art related commands. """
  
  def activate(self):
    super().activate()
    self.start_poller(60, self.talking_clock)  # callbacks every minute
  
  def talking_clock(self):
    msg = datetime.now().time().strftime('%H:%M:%S')
    self.send('gbin', '```\n' + Figlet(font='banner4').renderTime(msg) + '\n```')