gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby

require "socket"
require "rss"
require "open-uri"
# Don't allow use of "tainted" data by potentially dangerous operations
# The irc class, which talks to the server and holds the main event loop
class IRC
    def initialize(server, port, nick, channel)
        @server = server
        @port = port
        @nick = nick
        @channel = channel
    end

    def send(s)
        # Send a message to the irc server and print it to the screen
        puts "--> #{s}"
        @irc.send "#{s}\n", 0 
    end

    def connect()
        # Connect to the IRC server
        @irc = TCPSocket.open(@server, @port)
        send "USER blah blah blah :blah blah"
        send "NICK #{@nick}"
        send "JOIN #{@channel}"
    end

    def evaluate(s)
        # Make sure we have a valid expression (for security reasons), and
        # evaluate it if we do, otherwise return an error message
        if s =~ /^[-+*\/\d\s\eE.()]*$/ then
            begin
                s.untaint
                return eval(s).to_s
            rescue Exception => detail
                puts detail.message()
            end
        end
        return "Error"
    end

    def rssfeed
        url = 'http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/XmlServlet?act=rss&LanguageCountry=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC'
        open(url) do |rss|
	    feed = RSS::Parser.parse(rss)
#		feed.items.each do |item|
		return feed.items.sample.description
    	end
    end

    def missingchatter
	loop do
	  send "PRIVMSG #dev :#{rssfeed}"
	sleep(10);
    	end
    end

    def handle_server_input(s)
        # This isn't at all efficient, but it shows what we can do with Ruby
        # (Dave Thomas calls this construct "a multiway if on steroids")
        case s.strip
            when /^PING :(.+)$/i
                puts "[ Server ping ]"
                send "PONG :#{$1}"
            when /^:(.+?)!(.+?)@(.+?)\sPRIVMSG\s.+\s:[\001]PING (.+)[\001]$/i
                puts "[ CTCP PING from #{$1}!#{$2}@#{$3} ]"
                send "NOTICE #{$1} :\001PING #{$4}\001"
            when /^:(.+?)!(.+?)@(.+?)\sPRIVMSG\s.+\s:[\001]VERSION[\001]$/i
                puts "[ CTCP VERSION from #{$1}!#{$2}@#{$3} ]"
                send "NOTICE #{$1} :\001VERSION \00304rubaeus\003 \00303IRCbot\003\001"
            when /^:(.+?)!(.+?)@(.+?)\sPRIVMSG\s(.+)\s:EVAL (.+)$/i
                puts "[ EVAL #{$5} from #{$1}!#{$2}@#{$3} ]"
                send "PRIVMSG #{(($4==@nick)?$1:$4)} :#{evaluate($5)}"
	    when /^:(.+?)!(.+?)@(.+?)\sPRIVMSG\s(.+)\s:test$/i
		puts "test"
		send "PRIVMSG #dev :#{rssfeed}"
            else
                puts s
        end
    end

    def main_loop()
        # Just keep on truckin' until we disconnect
        while true
            ready = select([@irc, $stdin], nil, nil, nil)
            next if !ready
            for s in ready[0]
                if s == $stdin then
                    return if $stdin.eof
                    s = $stdin.gets
                    send s
                elsif s == @irc then
                    return if @irc.eof
                    s = @irc.gets
                    handle_server_input(s)
                end
            end
        end
    end

end

t1=Thread.new{main_loop()}
t2=Thread.new{missingchatter()}
# The main program
# If we get an exception, then print it out and keep going (we do NOT want
# to disconnect unexpectedly!)
irc = IRC.new('irc.supernets.org', 6667, 'rubaeus', '#dev')
irc.connect()
begin
#    irc.main_loop()
     t1.join
     t2.join
rescue Interrupt
rescue Exception => detail
    puts detail.message()
    print detail.backtrace.join("\n")
    retry
end