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+# countdown.py
+# Count down from the specified number
+# Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
+
+import logging
+import re
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger('countdown')
+MESSAGE_RE = re.compile(r'(!countdown)\s+(\d+)')
+
+# rtmbot interface
+crontable = []
+outputs = []
+
+# Check countdowns every second.
+crontable.append([1, "_do_countdown"])
+
+# countdowns in flight.
+COUNTDOWNS = []
+
+def process_message(data):
+    try:
+        text = data['text']
+    except KeyError:
+        LOGGER.error('Missing "text" key in data.')
+        return
+
+    match = MESSAGE_RE.match(text)
+    if not match:
+        return
+    cmd = match.group(1)
+    if not cmd:
+        return
+    try:
+        n = int(match.group(2))
+    except ValueError:
+        LOGGER.error('Expected number but got {}'.format(match.group(2)))
+        return
+
+    _setup_timer(data['channel'], n)
+
+def _setup_timer(channel, time):
+    COUNTDOWNS.append([channel, time])
+
+def _do_countdown():
+    global COUNTDOWNS
+
+    if len(COUNTDOWNS) == 0:
+        return
+
+    LOGGER.debug('Processing countdowns: {}'.format(COUNTDOWNS))
+
+    for count in COUNTDOWNS:
+        out = str(count[1]) if count[1] > 0 else "go"
+        count[1] -= 1
+        outputs.append([count[0], out])
+
+    # Remove expired timers.
+    COUNTDOWNS = list(filter(lambda c: c[1] >= 0, COUNTDOWNS))