gistfile1.txt

import socket
import sys
import time
from datetime import datetime,date

def quickIrcMsg(server, channel, botnick, botpass, message, quitmessage):
        
    try:
        timeout = time.time() + 60 #take no more than 1 minute to do everything
        
        ts = time.time()
        st = datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%H:%M:%S')
        irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        #print(st + " [ IRC ] connecting to: " + server)
        irc.connect((server, 6667))
        #print(st + " [ IRC ] --> USER " + botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :This is a fun bot!")
        irc.send(bytes("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :Homestuck Update Bot\n", "utf-8"))
        #print(st + " [ IRC ] --> NICK " + botnick)
        irc.send(bytes("NICK "+ botnick +"\n", "utf-8"))
        
        while 1:
            time.sleep(0.01)
            text=irc.recv(2040).decode('utf-8')
            #print(st + " [ IRC ] <-- " + text)#.rstrip('\r\n'))
            ts = time.time()
            st = datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%H:%M:%S')
            
            if (text == ''):
                print(st + " [ IRC ] done")
                irc.close()
                return True
            
            if time.time() >= timeout:
                irc.close()
                print(st + " [ IRC ] timeout")
                return False
            
            for line in text.split('\n'):
                if line.find('PING') != -1:
                    #print(st + " [ IRC ] --> PONG " + line.split(' ')[1])
                    irc.send(bytes('PONG ' + line.split(' ')[1] + '\n', 'utf-8'))
                elif line.find('001 ' + botnick) != -1:
                    #print(st + " [ IRC ] --> PRIVMSG NickServ :IDENTIFY " + " ******")
                    irc.send(bytes("NickServ :IDENTIFY " + botpass + "\n", "utf-8"))
                elif line.find(':Password accepted') != -1:
                    #print(st + " [ IRC ] --> JOIN " + channel)
                    irc.send(bytes("JOIN "+ channel +"\n", "utf-8"))
                    print(st + " [ IRC ] --> PRIVMSG " + channel + " " + message)
                    irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG " + channel + " " + message + "\n", "utf-8"))
                    print(st + " [ IRC ] --> PART " + channel + " :" + quitmessage)
                    irc.send(bytes("PART " + channel + " :" + quitmessage + "\n", "utf-8"))
                    #print(st + " [ IRC ] --> QUIT :" + quitmessage)
                    irc.send(bytes("QUIT :" + quitmessage + "\n", "utf-8"))
                    
    except:
        irc.close()
        print(st + " [ IRC ] exception")
        return False