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"""
 ctcp.py
 author: Ricky Hewitt [kahrn] -- <kahrny@gmail.com>
 Public Domain

 description:
 An example/script of how to use IRC CTCP replies using standard python.
 Special thanks to Gian Mario Tagliaretti (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/299411/)
 for original irc connecting/socket code.
"""

# external modules
import socket
import string
import time
import platform
import re

# Configuration values
NICK = "" #eg: randombot
NETWORK = "" # eg: irc.network.com
PORT = 6667
IDENT=NICK
REALNAME=NICK
CHANNEL = "" # channel to join.. e.g. #test

#ctcp values
VERSION_REPLY = "randombot under " + platform.system() + " " + platform.release() + " "

# set buffer
buffer_read = ""

def get_username(username):
    return username[string.find(username, ":")+1:string.find(username, "!")]

def ctcp_check(socket_inst, line, username):
    """Check a specified line that has been formatted using string.split for CTCP requests, and reply using
    the specified socket instance (socket_inst) to the username."""
    if len(line) == 4:
        if (line[3] == ":\x01VERSION\x01"):
            print "[" + username + " VERSION]"
            socket_inst.send("NOTICE " + username+" :" + chr(001) + "VERSION " + VERSION_REPLY + chr(001) + "\r\n")

        if (line[3] == ":\x01TIME\x01"):
            print "[" + username + " TIME]"
            # Format: Sat Aug 02 01:07:59 2008
            socket_inst.send("NOTICE " + username+" :" + chr(001) + "TIME " + time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", time.gmtime()) + chr(001) + "\r\n")

        if (line[3] == ":\x01FINGER\x01"):
            print "[" + username + " FINGER]"
            socket_inst.send("NOTICE " + username+" :" + chr(001) + "FINGER Quit it!" + chr(001) + "\r\n")

    if len(line) == 5:
        # Check for a properly crafted ping reply
        if (line[3] == ":\x01PING") and re.compile(r'[0123456789]').sub('', line[4]) == "\x01":
            # picks out timestamp
            recv_timestamp = line[4][0:len(line[4])-1]
            socket_inst.send("NOTICE " + username+" :" + chr(001) + "PING " + str(recv_timestamp) + chr(001) + "\r\n")

# Join the network
s=socket.socket( )
s.connect((NETWORK, PORT))
s.send("NICK %s\r\n" % NICK)
s.send("USER %s %s bla :%s\r\n" % (IDENT, NETWORK, REALNAME))


while 1:
    buffer_read=buffer_read+s.recv(1024)
    buffer = string.split(buffer_read, "\n")
    buffer_read=buffer.pop( )

    for line in buffer:
        line=string.rstrip(line)
        # print line with timestamp
        print time.strftime("[%H:%M] ", time.gmtime()) + line

        # Split lines for further analysis
        line=string.split(line)

        # check for MODE (means we're probably connected.) and join channel
        # NOTE: No idea if this is how it should be done or if it'll work on other networks (only for this example!!)
        if (line[0] == ":"+NICK) and (line[1] == "MODE") and (line[2] == NICK):
            s.send("JOIN " + CHANNEL + "\r\n")

        # Respond to server PING/PONG event.
        if(line[0]=="PING"):
            s.send("PONG " + line[1] + "\r\n")

        # PRIVMSG could be a CTCP request, \x01 would confirm this.
        if line[1] == "PRIVMSG" and string.find(line[3], ":\x01") == 0:
            ctcp_check(s, line, get_username(line[0]))