IRC bot

pirc.py

import socket
import sys
 
 
class IRC:
 
    socket = socket.socket()
    read_buffer = ''
  
    def __init__(self):  
        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

    def raw(self, *message):
        _message = ' '.join(message)
        print _message
        self.socket.send(_message+'\r\n')
 
    def send(self, chan, msg):
        self.raw("PRIVMSG", chan, msg)
 
    def connect(self, server, channel, nickname):

        server, port = server.split(':', 1)

        # Lets check we got a port
        port = int(port) or 6667

        #defines the socket
        print "connecting to:", server, port
        self.socket.connect((server, port))                                                         #connects to the server
        self.raw("PASS", nickname)  
        self.raw("NICK", nickname)               
        self.raw("USER", nickname, server, "blah :blahblah") #user authentication
        self.raw("JOIN", channel)        #join the chan
 
    def process(self):
        # Deal with the buffer
        self.read_buffer = self.read_buffer + self.socket.recv(1024)  #receive the text
        temp = self.read_buffer.split('\n')
        self.read_buffer = temp.pop()
 
        for line in temp:
            line = self.process_line(line)
            if line:
                yield line

    def process_line(self, line):
        line = line.rstrip()
        line = line.split()

        if line[0] == "PING":
            self.raw('PONG', line[1])
        else:
            return ' '.join(line)



if __name__ == '__main__':
    channel = "#psykzz"
    server = "irc.netgamers.org:6667"
    nickname = "ThatBot"
     
    irc = IRC()
    irc.connect(server, channel, nickname)
     
    text = irc.process()
    for message in text:
        print message
     
        if "PRIVMSG" in message and channel in message and "hello" in message:
            irc.send(channel, "Hello!")