ircat.js

ircat.js

I figured irccat would be easy to implement in node.js as a means of learning more about it.

It's not impressive but it should run just fine, it has a little json API sorta thing now..

You need the latest version of node.js, 0.1.90.

Running the Bot

% bin/ircat -u mysuperbot

Sending Stuff to the Bot

% bin/client --help
Usage: /Users/atmos/p/ircat.js/bin/client [option]

Available options:
  -h, --help                  Shows help sections
  -m, --message MESSAGE       The message to send
  -c, --channel channel       The channel to message
  -j, --join CHANNEL          The channel to join
  -p, --password [PASSWORD]   The channel password
      --port [PORT]           The bot's listener port
% bin/client -j ircat.js
'Sent {"action":"joinChannel","message":"","port":"4568","hostname":"127.0.0.1","channel":"ircat.js"}'
% bin/client -c ircat.js -m "dudeududu"
'Sent {"action":"messageChannel","message":"dudeududu","port":"4568","hostname":"127.0.0.1","channel":"ircat.js"}'
% bin/client -j atmos2                 
'Sent {"action":"joinChannel","message":"","port":"4568","hostname":"127.0.0.1","channel":"atmos2"}'
% bin/client -c atmos2 -m "dudude"
'Sent {"action":"messageChannel","message":"dudude","port":"4568","hostname":"127.0.0.1","channel":"atmos2"}'

Running from kiwi

% kiwi install ircat

var kiwi  = require('kiwi')
var ircat = kiwi.require('ircat')

var server  = new ircat.create({username: 'superatmos', port: 4567})
...
server.run()