[Tutor] How to interact with users on IRC using Python

[Walter Prins]

Hi,

On 16 April 2012 17:11, Surya K <suryak at live.com> wrote:

>  Actually, I am writing a small IRC bot for a game (A Multiplayer one).
>
> This how my code looks. (I this code, I am just trying to read from IRC
> client and send a message to it..)
>
> <snip>

> s.send("NICK %s\r\n" % NICK)
>
> s.send("USER %s %s bla :%s\r\n" % (IDENT, HOST, REALNAME))
>
> s.send("JOIN ##MyChannel\n")
>
>
> while 1:
>
>     readbuffer=readbuffer+s.recv(1024)
>
>     print readbuffer
>
>     s.send("text:")
>
>     .... # MY Code goes like this.
>
> <snip>

Am I right in thinking this is based on the code here? :
http://oreilly.com/pub/h/1968

Does it work for you?  It appears to demonstrate the basic ability to
ping/pong a message.

Actually, I am not even aware of IRC commands.. so I thought to take some
> help to carry on
>

OK its many years since I've used IRC, but anyhow, I suggest you learn how
IRC works and what commands you can use -- Here's a link from a google
search:
http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/ircc-commands.html



> This is what I require:
>

> As my game is quite simple, I just need to transfer a small string from
> each player to another.
>
> My game will have a two players.. so, Each user will join my
> ##myExampleChannel.
> Say, a player (or a IRC user) "p1" wants to play with "p2". They simply
> have to exchange private messages from each other.
>
> So, what IRC commands should I use and how do I typically implement them?
>

Probably the "/join" an the "/msg" commands.  As for how to implement it, I
found the following tutorials/pages from a google search:

http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Python-and-IRC/
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Basic-IRC-Tasks/
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/IRC-on-a-Higher-Level/
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/IRC-on-a-Higher-Level-Continued/
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/IRC-on-a-Higher-Level-Concluded/

Also see this library which turned up in the same search:
http://python-irclib.sourceforge.net/

Walter
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