From 949cb05ae1c3ca47118bf09f9ba28742d76184ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen <tykling@bornhack.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:10:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove all attempts to this the right way and do it the wrong
 way instead. This is fine.

---
 src/ircbot/irc3module.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ircbot/irc3module.py b/src/ircbot/irc3module.py
index 2238bbb2..8662f274 100644
--- a/src/ircbot/irc3module.py
+++ b/src/ircbot/irc3module.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
+import os
 import re
 import time
 
 import irc3
-from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import timezone
 
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ from teams.utils import get_team_from_irc_channel
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("bornhack.%s" % __name__)
 
+# irc3 and django sitting in a tree
+os.environ["DJANGO_ALLOW_ASYNC_UNSAFE"] = "true"
+
 
 @irc3.plugin
 class Plugin(object):
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
     ###############################################################################################
     # builtin irc3 event methods
 
-    async def server_ready(self, **kwargs):
+    def server_ready(self, **kwargs):
         """triggered after the server sent the MOTD (require core plugin)"""
         logger.debug("inside server_ready(), kwargs: %s" % kwargs)
 
@@ -45,8 +48,8 @@ class Plugin(object):
             "Calling self.bot.do_stuff() in %s seconds.."
             % settings.IRCBOT_CHECK_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS
         )
-        await asyncio.sleep(settings.IRCBOT_CHECK_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
-        await self.bot.do_stuff()
+        asyncio.sleep(settings.IRCBOT_CHECK_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
+        self.bot.do_stuff()
 
     def connection_lost(self, **kwargs):
         """triggered when connection is lost"""
@@ -110,21 +113,23 @@ class Plugin(object):
     # custom irc3 methods below here
 
     @irc3.extend
-    async def do_stuff(self):
+    def do_stuff(self):
         """
         Main periodic method called every N seconds.
         """
         # logger.debug("inside do_stuff()")
 
         # call the methods we need to
-        # call them with sync_to_async to be able to access database
-        await sync_to_async(self.bot.check_irc_channels)()
-        await sync_to_async(self.bot.fix_missing_acls)()
-        await sync_to_async(self.bot.get_outgoing_messages)()
+        self.bot.check_irc_channels()
+        self.bot.fix_missing_acls()
+        self.bot.get_outgoing_messages()
 
         # schedule a call of this function again in N seconds
-        await asyncio.sleep(settings.IRCBOT_CHECK_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
-        await self.bot.do_stuff()
+        asyncio.sleep(settings.IRCBOT_CHECK_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
+        self.bot.do_stuff()
+        self.bot.loop.call_later(
+            settings.IRCBOT_CHECK_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS, self.bot.do_stuff
+        )
 
     @irc3.extend
     def get_outgoing_messages(self):