Sinatra route send to an IRC channel

my_app.rb

post "/commit/?" do
  config = YAML.load(File.open("gl-bot.yaml", "r"))
  Thread.new do
    socket = TCPSocket.open(config["host"], config["port"])
    socket.puts("NICK #{config["nick"]}")
    socket.puts("USER #{config["nick"]} 8 * : #{config["realname"]}")
    #socket.puts("JOIN #{IRC_CHANNEL}") # don"t join, just send the msg directly -- make sure the channel is /mode -n
    # Don"t send anything to the channel until we"ve been successfully authorized by the IRC server to do so
    while line = socket.gets
      if line.include? "376 #{config["nick"]}"
        break
      end
    end
    json = JSON.parse(request.env["rack.input"].read)
    #socket.puts("JOIN #{config["channel"]}")
#      socket.puts "PRIVMSG #{config["channel"]} :Hi"
    socket.puts "PRIVMSG #{config["channel"]} :#{json["repository"]["full_name"]} by #{json["head_commit"]["author"]["name"]}"
    socket.puts "PRIVMSG #{config["channel"]} :Change: 03,99+#{json["head_commit"]["added"].length}/04,99-#{json["head_commit"]["removed"].length}/08,99±#{json["head_commit"]["modified"].length}"
    json["commits"].each do |commit|
      socket.puts "PRIVMSG #{config["channel"]} :09,99#{commit["message"]} | 04,99#{commit["id"][0..6]}"
    end
    socket.puts "QUIT :ElectroCommits bot!"
    socket.close
    Thread.stop
  end
end