BeamerBot

helper.py

# Import some necessary libraries.
import socket, collections

lines = collections.deque(maxlen=10)

for x in range(0, 10):
    lines.append("")

# Some basic variables used to configure the bot        
server = "irc.freenode.net" # Server
channel = "#57n" # Channel
botnick = "BeamerBot" # Your bots nick

def ping(): # This is our first function! It will respond to server Pings.
  ircsock.send("PONG :pingis\n")  

def sendmsg(chan , msg): # This is the send message function, it simply sends messages to the channel.
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ chan +" :"+ msg +"\n") 

def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
  ircsock.send("JOIN "+ chan +"\n")

def hello(): # This function responds to a user that inputs "Hello Mybot"
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ channel +" :Hello!\n")
                  
ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
ircsock.connect((server, 6667)) # Here we connect to the server using the port 6667
ircsock.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :57North Wiki Bot\n") # user authentication
ircsock.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n") # here we actually assign the nick to the bot

beamersock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
beameraddr = ('localhost', 4444)

joinchan(channel) # Join the channel using the functions we previously defined

while 1: # Be careful with these! it might send you to an infinite loop
  ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048) # receive data from the server
  ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r') # removing any unnecessary linebreaks.
  print(ircmsg) # Here we print what's coming from the server

  if ircmsg.find(":Hello "+ botnick) != -1: # If we can find "Hello Mybot" it will call the function hello()
    hello()

  if ircmsg.find("PRIVMSG #57N :") != -1:
    username = ircmsg[:ircmsg.find("!")]
    lines.append(username + ": " + ircmsg[ircmsg.find("#57N :") + len("#57N :"):])
    lines_list = list(lines)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_one:" + lines_list[0], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_two:" + lines_list[1], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_three:" + lines_list[2], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_four:" + lines_list[3], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_five:" + lines_list[4], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_six:" + lines_list[5], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_seven:" + lines_list[6], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_eight:" + lines_list[7], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_nine:" + lines_list[8], beameraddr)
    beamersock.sendto("synchronized/child1/set_line_ten:" + lines_list[9], beameraddr)

  if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1: # if the server pings us then we've got to respond!
    ping()

node.lua

gl.setup(973, 705)

font = resource.load_font("font.ttf")

line_one = "<unset>"
line_two = "<unset>"
line_three = "<unset>"
line_four = "<unset>"
line_five = "<unset>"
line_six = "<unset>"
line_seven = "<unset>"
line_eight = "<unset>"
line_nine = "<unset>"
line_ten = "<unset>"

util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_one"] = function(new_text)
        line_one = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_two"] = function(new_text)
        line_two = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_three"] = function(new_text)
        line_three = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_four"] = function(new_text)
        line_four = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_five"] = function(new_text)
        line_five = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_six"] = function(new_text)
        line_six = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_seven"] = function(new_text)
        line_seven = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_eight"] = function(new_text)
        line_eight = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_nine"] = function(new_text)
        line_nine = new_text
    end
}
util.data_mapper{
    ["set_line_ten"] = function(new_text)
        line_ten = new_text
    end
}



print "Hello from node child1"

function node.render()
    gl.clear(0.3, 0, 0, 1)
    font:write(30, 050, "#57N", 70, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 130, "irc.57north.org.uk", 30, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 200, line_one, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 250, line_two, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 300, line_three, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 350, line_four, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 400, line_five, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 450, line_six, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 500, line_seven, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 550, line_eight, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 600, line_nine, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
    font:write(30, 650, line_ten, 20, 1, 1, 1, 1)
end