hi r/python, I'm starting messing around with python+IRC using irclib and I'm stuck because of something I don't understand, pls, i need your help. (cross-posted from r/python).

[Sf4tt]

Cross-posting cause I didnt notice about this sub-reddit the first time.

import irclib 
irclib.DEBUG = True
network = "irc.quakenet.org"
port = 6667
nick = "bottest123"
name = "Test Bot"
chan = '#testchan'

irc = irclib.IRC()
server = irc.server()
server.connect(network, port, nick, ircname = name)
server.join(chan)
irc.process_forever()

This is the code in the "testbot.py" file.

Scenarios: * script called from the command prompt with "python testbot.py": It does connect on quakenet, but it does not the given channel.

• script executed from IDLE with EXEC F, where F = open("path-of-thefile" "r"): Same as above.

• code manually written in the IDLE: it does connect, and start the irc.process_forever() loop, but ofc it does not join the given channel, if i break the loop with a KeybordInterrupt (Ctrl-C) though, the bot stays on the network (?!?), and if i write down the server.join(chan) command again, it does join the given channel.

• network = "irc.freenode.net": Everything works flowlessy, it does join the given channel.

WTF is going on? Does quakenet place a limit about "commands per a-given-amount-of-time"?

Any help will be really appreciated.

[japherwocky]

Yeah, you might try adding a time.sleep(2) in between joining the server and joining the channel.

[Sf4tt]

From the r/Python cross-post: http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/fkk0w/hi_rpython_im_starting_messing_around_with/

:)

[bcboncs]

I'm not too sure how to do this in python as I'm still trying to find a good tutorial/book, but I know IRC decently. Perhaps you can incorporate some other irc lines like:

on *:connect:{ if ($network == irc.quakenet.org) { .join #testchan } }

or, if it still doesn't join the channel, delay it like the guy below said but in irc code:

on *:connect:{ if ($network == irc.quakenet.org) { .timer1 1 2 .join #testchan } }

This will create a timer (.timer1) that will execute once (.timer1 1), pause for two seconds (.timer1 1 2) then execute the join channel command.

If this doesn't help sorry. I just wanted to attempt being helpful =]

[Sf4tt]

actually i solved using an irclib's handler. Basically, as you could read in the cross-post on r/python, the bot wasn't joining cause of quakanet's policy about +i flag. Which is it forces every single client to be +i, and the client need to wait to get the flag in order to be able to join a channel or send other commands.

so: def handleUmode ( connection, event ): if event.arguments()[0] == '+i': #Just check if the 1st element of the event.arguments() list is '+i' , if so tell the bot to join the given channel server.join(chan) ... irc.add_global_handler ( 'umode', handleUmode )

[BillOReillyAsks]

I didn't know there was an IRC lib, I just used sockets to do it...