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irc-client

Simple IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Client written in Python 2

Contributors

Special thanks to Ilie Cebanu (https://github.com/NotQuiteMelvin) for Python 3 version.

Usage

To join any channel (on Freenode) with selected username, simply run irc_client.py and put desired username as a first argument, followed by channel name (with following # or without):

./irc_client.py myusername channeltojoin

or

./irc_client.py myusername #channeltojoin   // actually not working :)

Seems that passing channel name with following # break script, as Python treats # as the begining of the comment?

Sample conversation

This is how it looks right now (left console: irc_client.py, right console: irssi):

Sample conversation

Compiled to .pyc

I've added verison compiled to Python bytecode file (with .pyc extension). Compilation is done by command:

$ python -m compileall irc_client.py

It might be useful to get binary version instead of cource code.

Issues and further ideas/features

multiline messages not working (related to no reposnse from server when no other user post message)
output sometimes messed by server messages (like PING)
lack of UX - only simple one line messages can be sent :)
irc.freenode.net (server) and port 6667 hardcoded - but can be easily added as arguments
channel name has to be passed without leading #
colorful output (TBD)