A simple irc bot for telling people where they are.

location_bot.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'cinch'
require 'geocoder'

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
  configure do |c|
    c.server = "irc.freenode.org"
    c.channels = ["#super-cool-beans"]
    c.nick = "_davebot_"
  end

  on :message, /hello/ do |m|
    m.reply "Hello, #{m.user.nick}"
  end

  on :message, /whereami/ do  |m|
    m.reply "@#{m.user}, one moment, fetching your current location..."

    # Spin up a new thread to fetch location info and respond to the user
    Thread.new do
      ip = m.user.host[/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$)/, 1]
      location = Geocoder.search(ip).first
      m.reply "@#{m.user}, you are somewhere near #{location.city}, #{location.state}."
    end

  end
end

bot.start