A Neat IRC Logger.

irclogger.py

#!/usr/bin/python

#            IRC Logger.
# By Shashi Gowda <http://identi.ca/shashi>.

import sys
import socket
import time
import os

HOST="irc.freenode.net"
PORT=6667
NICK="logBot"
IDENT="logBot"
REALNAME="IRC Logger bot by Shashi Gowda"
CHANNELS=["archlinux", "archlinux-offtopic"]
LOGDIR="/var/log/irc"
CONSOLEOUTPUT=False # Print/not

flag=False
readbuffer=""

t=time.time()
t=str(t-int(t))
NICK+=t[-4:]
s=socket.socket( )
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
s.send("NICK %s\r\n" % NICK)
s.send("USER %s %s bla :%s\r\n" % (IDENT, HOST, REALNAME))
for c in CHANNELS:
    s.send("JOIN #"+c+"\r\n")

def log(line):
    logline=""
    if(line[0]!=':'):
        return True
    line=line.split(':',2)
    if line[1].find("PRIVMSG")>0:
        logline=line[1].split('!')[0] +":\t"+ line[2]
        logline=time.asctime().split()[3]+" | " + logline
        channel=line[1].split("PRIVMSG",1)[1].strip().strip('#')
        if CONSOLEOUTPUT:
            print channel +" >>> "+ logline
        if not (os.path.exists(LOGDIR+"/"+channel)):
            os.makedirs(LOGDIR+"/"+channel)
        f=open(LOGDIR+"/"+channel+"/"+time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")+".txt","a")
        f.write(logline+"\n")
        f.close()
while 1:
    readbuffer=readbuffer+s.recv(1024)
    temp=readbuffer.split("\n")
    readbuffer=temp.pop( )
    for line in temp:
        line=line.rstrip( )
        log(line)
        if(line.find("PING")==0):
            s.send("PONG %s\r\n" % line[1])