bot.py

#Imports
import socket
import sys
import sched, time
import re

#Globals
server = "chat.freenode.net" #The irc server that you want the bot to connect to.
channel = "##kanal56" #The channel you want the bot to join on start
botnick = "vorabot" #The bot's IRC Nick
irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) #Defines the socket
silenceTime = 0


#Arrays

#Command Arrays
silenceCommandArray = [':!silence',':!scilence',':!silense',':!silens']
helloCommandArray = [':!hi',':!hello']
helpCommandArray = [':!help',':!list',':!commands',':!command']
awayCommandArray = [':!go',':!away','!left']
backCommandArray = [':!back']
toggleAwayCommandArray
#Information Arrays
awayArray = ['','','','','','','','','','','','','','','']


#Server connect. This part connects the bot to the IRC server, Joins a channel and set's the nick.
print "Connecting to:"+server
irc.connect((server, 6667)) #Connects to the server
irc.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :This is a chat bot!\n") #authenticates the bot with the server
irc.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n") #Sets the bots nick
irc.send("JOIN "+ channel +"\n") #Joins the channel



#functions
def getMsg(line):
    message = line.split()[-1]
    return message;

def sendMsg(message):
    irc.send('PRIVMSG '+channel+' :'+message+'\r\n')
    return;

    
def getNick(message): #This function gets the nick.
    pos = message.find("!") #Finds the position of the end of the nick
    print pos
    nick = message[1:pos] #Selects everything between the first letter of the nick all the way to the position of the last nick charachter
    print nick
    return nick;


def getArgument(msg): #This function gets the word said after a command
    m = message.split()[1]
    return m;


def isAnInt(time): #This checks if time is an int
    try: 
        int(time)
        return True
    except ValueError:
        return False




while 1: #Getting the text. This is where the bot gets all the text outputted to the IRC channel and network
    text = irc.recv(2040) #Recieves the IRC text
    print text #Prints the IRC text
    message = getMsg(text)
    if text.find('PING') !=-1: #This checks for a PING from the server. IRC Servers does this to assure that the client still is connected
        irc.send('PONG ' + text.split() [1] + '\r\n') #This responds PONG to the server to tell it that we are indeed still connected
    time.sleep(0.1)


#Custom commands
    #Greeting command. This command greets a newly joined 
    if message in helloCommandArray or ' JOIN ' in text: #Greets the sender
        sendMsg('Hello '+str(getNick(text))+'! Welcome to the channel!') #Sends hello back


    #This command shows a list of all the available commands. Note: Make so that it sends the commandArray instead.
    if message in helpCommandArray:
        sendMsg('Command Listing. !help, !list - Show this screen. !hi, !hello - Greetings from the bot! Command executed by '+str(getNick(text))+'!')

    #This command silences the bot for set amount of minutes
    if message in silenceCommandArray:
        sendMsg('Shutting up for'+str(silenceTime)+'minutes')
        time.sleep(silenceTime*60)

    #This command toggles your away state. It adds the nick who executed it to the awayArray