My now playing script for xchat

nowplaying.py

import xchat, urllib, re
__module_name__ = "vlcnowplaying"
__module_version__ = "1.0" 
__module_description__ = "sonicrules1234's Now playing script for vlc"

metare = re.compile("""<meta\-information\>
		    \<title\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/title\>
		    \<artist\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/artist\>
		    \<genre\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/genre\>
		    \<copyright\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/copyright\>
		    \<album\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/album\>
		    \<track\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(\d*)\]\]\>\<\/track\>
		    \<description\><\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/description\>
		    \<rating\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/rating\>
		    \<date\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/date\>
		    \<url\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/url\>
		    \<language\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/language\>
		    \<now\_playing\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/now\_playing\>
		    \<publisher\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/publisher\>
		    \<encoded\_by\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/encoded\_by\>
		    \<art\_url\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/art\_url\>
		    \<track\_id\>\<\!\[CDATA\[(.*)\]\]\>\<\/track\_id\>
		    \<\/meta\-information\>""")
def on_NowPlaying(word, word_eol, userdata) :
    x = urllib.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:8080/requests/status.xml")
    xml = x.read()
    x.close()
    regex = userdata["regex"]
    groups = regex.search(xml).groups()
    data = dict(title=groups[0], artist=groups[1], genre=groups[2],\
                cpyright=groups[3], album=groups[4], track=groups[5],\
                description=groups[6], rating=groups[7], date=groups[8],\
                url=groups[9], language=groups[10], now_playing=groups[11],\
                publisher=groups[12], encoded_by=groups[13], art_url=groups[14],\
                track_id=groups[15])
    xchat.command("me is now playing \x02%(title)s from the album %(album)s by %(artist)s.\x02" % dict(channel=userdata["context"], title=data["title"], album=data["album"], artist=data["artist"]))
    return xchat.EAT_ALL
xchat.hook_command("NP", on_NowPlaying, userdata={"regex":metare, "context":xchat.get_info("channel")})