IRC Bot Template - March Madness Entry 5

For the upcoming Python study group for FUBAR, I decided to focus the group onto a sole project or Python module that we can all learn together, and then work on to expand in different directions with our own creativity. To try out this new model of handling the study group, I decided to have the group create their own respective IRC bot. Together we would figure out how to get them online, parse data, and talk back in the chat. After that, we can have each member implement their own cool bot features - the options really are limitless.

I had tried this a few days ago, but ran into a number of issues using the socket library in python. Jason, a fellow FUBARbian, found out what I was getting wrong - from there, I decided to create a simple template.

I present to you two codes - one's a simple script program that proves I can connect to the chat. Note that I get kicked for a ping time out - I'm yet to teach the bot how to respond to a ping.

The second is the beginning of a larger framework I can hand out at the Python study group on Wednesday - more object oriented in its approach, far easier to expand upon. This one is broken, but I'm too tired to explore why today.

First, the script.

import socket

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

network = "chat.freenode.com"
port = 6667
channel = '#fubarlabs'
nickname = "namenottakenBot"
firstname="Ro"
lastname="Botnik"
location="FUBARlabs.New_Jersey"

irc.connect((network,port))

irc.recv(4096) #Receive the intro stuff to clear the buffer.

#Prep the bot
irc.send('NICK ' + nickname + '\r\n')
irc.send('USER ' + firstname + ' ' + lastname + ' ' + location + ' :' + nickname + '\r\n')
irc.send('JOIN ' + channel + '\r\n')

while True:
    print irc.recv(4096)

And the object oriented approach, which again, is unfinished:

import socket


class ircBot:

    irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    network = None
    port = None
    channel = None
    nickname = None
    firstname = None
    lastname = None
    location = None

    dataBuffer = None

    def __init__(self, nickname, network=None, port=None, channel=None, firstname="Ro", lastname="Botnik", location="None"):
        self.nickname = nickname
        self.network = network
        self.port = port
        self.channel = channel
        self.firstname = firstname
        self.lastname= lastname
        self.location= location

    def connectToServer(self, network=None, port=None):
        if network is None:
            if self.network is None:
                print "Error - No network provided!"
                return
        else:
            self.network = network

        if port is None:
            if self.port is None:
                print "Error - No port provided!"
                return
        else:
            self.port = port


        self.irc.connect((self.network, self.port))
       
        self.irc.send('NICK ' + self.nickname + '\r\n')
        self.irc.send('USER ' + self.firstname + ' ' + self.lastname + ' ' + self.location + ' :' + self.nickname + '\r\n')

    def joinChannel(self, channel=None):
        if channel is None:
            if self.channel is None:
                print "Error - No channel provided!"
                return
        else:
            self.channel = channel       

        self.irc.send('JOIN ' + self.channel + '\r\n')

    def updateBuffer(self):
        self.irc.recv(4096)