//A barebones IRC 'client' in the loosest sense of the word.
//Takes input from console. If command starts with a '/', everything after is sent as a raw IRC command.
//Otherwise the first argument is considered the channel/username, and the rest of the line is the message to send
// as a privmsg.
func main() {
flag.Parse()
fmt.Print("Simple Text-Based IRC Test Client\n\n")
fmt.Printf("Connecting to %s . . . \n", *address)
//LogClientHandler will handle printing out to stdio unless we change the default logger
client, err := irc.NewClient(*address, *ssl, irc.LogHandler)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error: %s", err.Error())
}
fmt.Print("Connected.\n\n")
client.Send(irc.UserMessage(*username, "host", "domain", "realname"))
client.Send(irc.NickMessage(*nick))
client.Send(irc.JoinMessage("#go_test"))
//Listen for input.
go readInput(client)
for { //Continuously read from the client until an error occurs
_, err := client.Read()
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("ERROR: %s\n", err.Error())
fmt.Print("Exiting...")
return
}
}
}
//Start connects to the IRC server, authenticates, and then starts a goroutine to manage the chat
func (c *ircchat) Start() error {
var err error
if !c.running {
saveHandler := func(msg irc.Message) {
cmd := msg.Command()
//Check to make sure it's a message worth saving
if cmd == "PRIVMSG" || cmd == "ACTION" {
err := persistenceInstance.saveMessage(c.account, msg)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Error saving message: %s", err.Error())
}
}
}
var client irc.Client
client, err = irc.NewClient(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.settings.Address, c.settings.Port), c.settings.SSL)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Error starting chat for %s: %s", c.account.Username(), err.Error())
return err
}
client.AddHandler(irc.Both, saveHandler)
c.client = client
err = client.Write(irc.UserMessage(c.account.Username(), "ircwebchathost", "somewhere", "quack"))
login := c.settings.Login
if err == nil && login.Nick != "" {
err = client.Write(irc.NickMessage(c.settings.Login.Nick))
if err == nil && login.Password != "" {
err = client.Write(irc.PrivMessage("NickServ", "identify "+login.Password))
}
}
//TODO: Auto join rooms
if err == nil {
c.running = true
go ircManager(*c)
} else {
c.Stop()
}
}
return err
}