// Connect() takes a string with url:port of the irc server, and a channel
// that accepts strings. It connects to the irc server specified and
// identifies with the nick "spectator." It connects to every room specified
// in the rooms variable.
func Connect(hostname string, c chan string) {
rooms := []string{
"#Node.js", "##javascript",
"#python", "#haskell", "#vim", "#go-nuts", "#ruby",
"#clojure", "#perl", "##php",
"#erlang", "#scheme", "#lisp", "#R", "#swift-lang",
}
fmt.Printf("connecting to %s\n", hostname)
conn, err := irc.Dial(hostname)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println("Connected!")
go func() {
for {
msg, _ := conn.Decode()
if msg.Command == "PING" {
conn.Encode(&irc.Message{
Command: "PONG",
Params: msg.Params,
Trailing: msg.Trailing,
})
}
c <- msg.String()
}
}()
identify(conn)
fmt.Println("Identified")
joinRooms(conn, rooms)
fmt.Printf("Join: %s\n", rooms)
}
// connect starts the IRC connection and stores the handler in conn.
func (a *Amigo) connect() error {
log.Println("Connecting to " + a.Host)
c, err := irc.Dial(a.Host)
if err != nil {
errMsg := "AMIGO ERROR: " + err.Error()
return errors.New(errMsg)
}
a.conn = c
return nil
}
