github-status-bot.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

require 'cinch'
require 'open-uri'
require 'json'
require 'time'

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
  configure do |c|
    c.server = "irc.freenode.net"
    c.channels = ["#glidenote"]
    c.nick = 'github_status_bot'
    c.realname = 'github_status_bot'
    c.user = 'github_status_bot'
  end

  on :message, /^status github/ do |m|
    html = open("https://status.github.com/api/status.json").read

    json = JSON.parser.new(html)
    d =  json.parse
    t = Time.parse("#{d['last_updated']}").getlocal

    m.reply "status: #{d['status']} (last_updated: #{t})"
  end

end

bot.start