bbot/ircbot — pull request #2 by mozai (2012-12-02 03:34:28+00:00)
Title: url_notify

url_notify.py to replace notify.py
- starts its own thread without needing human prodding
- configurable urls and messages
- 'reload' module safe -- will kill the older module and replace it doppelganger-style
- includes commands for each site (ie. ".update" & ".sbahj") so people can ask how long it's been
- should carp errors to the owner, not to every channel within reach
- if things go really horrible, people with admin nicks can pm the bot ".stopnotify" and ".startnotify"

future feature: crude RSS parser to pluck out <pubdate> just so's we can notify for tumblr blogs, since tumblr is too cool for Last-Modified headers or HEAD requests.