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require 'rubygems'
require 'net/yail/IRCBot'

require 'hpricot' # For spitting out titles
require 'open-uri'

class Chewy < IRCBot
  BOTNAME = 'Chewbotca'
  BOTVERSION = '0.0.1'

  public

  def initialize(options = {})
    options[:username] = BOTNAME
    options[:realname] = BOTNAME
    options[:nicknames] = %w[ chewy chewbotca surfxica ]
    options[:irc_network] = 'irc.freenode.net'
    options[:channels] = '#bottest'

    # Set up IRCBot, our loving parent, and begin
    super(options)
    self.connect_socket
    self.start_listening
  end

  # Add hooks on startup (base class's start method calls add_custom_handlers)
  def add_custom_handlers
    # Set up hooks
    @irc.prepend_handler(:incoming_msg,             self.method(:sort_incoming))
  end

  private

  def sort_incoming(fullactor, user, channel, text)
    if channel =~ /#{bot_name}/
      in_privmsg(user, text)
    else
      in_channel(user, channel, text)
    end
  end

  def in_channel(user, channel, text)
    if text =~ /^http/
      site_title = grab_site_title(text)
      msg(channel, "Title: #{site_title}") unless site_title.nil?
    end
  end

  def grab_site_title(address)
    site = Hpricot( open(address) )
    title = (site/"title").inner_html
    title.strip
  end
end