node.js - setInterval & setTimeout incrementally repeating command - node.js

Question

I'm trying to help a friend setup a bot for Picarto.tv, we have the bot LINK and there's no default plugin there for repeating messages, so I tried to make a very crude (seriously, it's terrible. I'm not a developer.) plugin for it, and I tried to use SetInterval/SetTimeout, and both times when I use them it will put the message in chat once, at the set interval, then it will wait, then after the interval it will say the message twice, then three times and so on.
It looks like this:
Time 1:
Testing...
Time 2:
Testing...
Testing...
And so on. Here's the code, as I said, it's terribly made, don't bash me too hard for it.
var api;
function handleChatMsg(data) {
var recursive = function () {
api.Messages.send("Testing Bot Repeat...");
setTimeout(recursive,15000);
}
recursive();
}
module.exports = {
meta_inf: {
name: "Repeat Message",
version: "1.0.0",
description: "Repeats a message every 5 minutes. Message and interval can be changed.",
author: "ZX6R"
},
load: function (_api) {
api = _api;
},
start: function () {
api.Events.on("userMsg", handleChatMsg);
}
}
Can anybody help me figure out why it's incrementally saying the message more times?
EDIT: Issue fixed, new code is
var api;
// Function to call for the repeating
function handleChatMsg() {
// This sets the interval of 5 minutes, and calls the variable. Edit the numbers after the comma to change the interval. You MUST put it into milliseconds.
setInterval(function(){xyz()}, 15000);
// This sets the variable, edit the text in "api.Messages.send" to change what the bot repeats.
var xyz = function()
{
api.Messages.send("Testing...")
}
}
// defines some information about the plugin, and sets up stuff we need.
module.exports = {
meta_inf: {
name: "Repeat Message",
version: "1.1.1",
description: "Repeats a message every 5 minutes. Message and interval can be changed.",
author: "ZX6R"
},
load: function (_api) {
api = _api;
},
start: function () {
handleChatMsg();
}
}
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Answer 1

Let's not complicate things and make it simpler.
setInterval(function(){xyz()}, 300000);
var xyz = function()
{
//Do what you want your function to do.
}
Here function xyz will be called every 300,000 milliseconds which means 5 minutes.
Take a look at Node Cron btw if you are going to use it regularly for an application.

Answer 2

Perhaps something like the following:
// define and export module
var plugin = {};
module.exports = plugin;
// plugin metadata
plugin.meta_inf = {
name: "Repeat Message",
version: "1.0.0",
description: "Repeats a message every 5 minutes. Message and interval can be changed.",
author: "ZX6R"
};
/**
* To be called on plugin load.
* #param {Object} api - api instance.
*/
plugin.load = function(api){
plugin._api = api;
};
/**
* Called on plugin start.
*/
plugin.start = function(){
if(!plugin._api){
// api instance should have been available
throw new Error("api not defined, is plugin load()'ed ?");
}
// each user message event (re)configures the repeating timer
plugin._api.Events.on("userMsg",function(){
plugin._configure(true, "Testing echo bot...",15000);
});
};
/**
* Configure the repeating timer
* #param {Boolean} enabled - true to enable timer, false to disable
* #param {String} message - message to repeat, required if enabled
* #param {Number} interval - milliseconds between repeats, required if enabled
*/
plugin._configure = function(enabled, message, interval){
if(plugin._timer){
// always clear any old timer
clearInterval(plugin._timer);
}
if(enabled){
if(!message || !interval){
// message and interval are required
throw new Error("message and interval are required.");
}
// set a repeating timer
plugin._timer = setInterval(function(){
plugin._api.Messages.send(message);
},interval);
}
};
Notes:
user message events apply a new setting on timer. You can have the bot repeat user message, or something custom.
Or, you can only configure the timer once.