Script to update a ratio via commands posted in a twitch channel

stitch.py

# Script to update a ratio via commands posted in a twitch channel
# See: http://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1302780-twitch-irc

import socket
import re,os

server   = "irc.chat.twitch.tv"
channel  = "#CHANNEL"
botnick  = "NICKNAME"
password = "OAUTHPASS"
path     = "OUTPUTPATH"

cmdRE    = re.compile("!(total|add|reset|msg) ?(.*)")
nameRE   = re.compile("^:NICKNAME!")
digitsRE = re.compile("\d+")

irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

print "connecting to:" + server
irc.connect((server, 6667))

irc.send("PASS " + password + "\n")
irc.send("NICK " + botnick  + "\n")
irc.send("JOIN " + channel  + "\n")

current = 0
total   = 420
msg     = "(blaziken it)"

os.system('echo "%d / %d %s" > %s/rowcount.txt' % (current,total,msg,path))

while 1:
   text     = irc.recv(2040)

   cmdM  = cmdRE.search(text)
   nameM = nameRE.search(text)

   if nameM and cmdM:
      if cmdM.group(1) == "total" and digitsRE.match(cmdM.group(2)):
         total = int(cmdM.group(2))
      elif cmdM.group(1) == "add" and digitsRE.match(cmdM.group(2)):
         current = min(total,current+int(cmdM.group(2)))
      elif cmdM.group(1) == "reset":
         current = 0
      elif cmdM.group(1) == "msg":
         msg = cmdM.group(2)

      os.system('echo "%d / %d %s" > %s/rowcount.txt' % (current,total,msg,path))

   # sends 'PONG' if 'PING' received to prevent pinging out
   if text.find('PING') != -1: 
      irc.send('PONG ' + text.split() [1] + '\r\n')