This is a simple irc python bot

client.py

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# Author: Mauro Marano
# site: mauromarano.it

import socket


class IRC:

    def __init__(self, server, channel, nick, port=6667):
        self.server = server
        self.channel = channel
        self.nick = nick
        self.port = port

        self.events = []

        self.irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        self.irc.connect((self.server, self.port))

        self.irc.send("USER " + self.nick + " " + self.nick + " " +
                      self.nick + " :This is a fun bot!\n")  # user authentication
        self.irc.send("NICK " + self.nick + "\n")  # sets nick
        self.irc.send("PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n")  # auth
        self.irc.send("JOIN " + self.channel + "\n")  # join the chan

    def send(self, message):
        message = str('PRIVMSG ' + self.channel + ' :' + str(message) + '\r\n')
        self.irc.send(message)
        return True

    def watch(self):
        while 1:
            text = client.irc.recv(2040)
            for event in self.events:
                if(text.find(':' + event['if'])) != -1:
                    self.send(event['do'])


client = IRC('irc.freenode.net', '#mychannel_983', 'mysecurebot123')

client.events = [
    {
        'if': '!list',
        'do': 'Ecco la lista...'
    },
    {
        'if': '!author',
        'do': 'The author is Mauro Marano. Check it out mauromarano.it for more infos.'
    },
    {
        'if': 'ciao',
        'do': 'ciao a te caro!'
    }
]

client.watch()