twirc.js

/*
twirc.js
========

Automating Twitter messages to IRC. BSD license.

Installation:
-------------

* brew install node
* brew install npm
* npm install irc
* npm install twitter-node

Run ``node twirc.js``.
*/

var irc = require('irc');
var log = require('sys').log;
var twitter = require('twitter-node');

var config = {
    irc: {
        server: 'irc.freenode.net',
        channel: '#twirc',
        nick: 'twircbot'
    },
    twitter: {
        user: '',
        password: '',
        topics: ['obama'],
    }
}

var ircClient = new irc.Client(config.irc.server, config.irc.nick, {
    channels: [config.irc.channel],
    realName: config.irc.nick
});

var twitterClient = new twitter.TwitterNode({
    user: config.twitter.user,
    password: config.twitter.password,
    track: config.twitter.topics,
});

ircClient.addListener('join', function() {
    twitterClient.addListener('tweet', function(tweet) {
        ircClient.say(config.irc.channel, '@'+tweet.user.screen_name+': '+tweet.text);
    }).stream();
});

//// Logging:
//ircClient.addListener('message', function(from, to, message) {
//    log('From: '+from+' - To: '+to+' - Message: '+message);
//});
//twitterClient.addListener('tweet', function(tweet) {
//    log("@" + tweet.user.screen_name + ": " + tweet.text);
//});
//ircClient.addListener('join', function() {
//    log('Joined chat room.');
//});