This library is supposed to be a thin layer over the IRC protocol, doing all the network IO and event parsing for you.
- Somewhat complete implementation of RFC2812
- Some CTCP support
- SSL for connections
- Callback and Event-Stream API
- Colors/bolding/etc.
- Higher-level wrapper, directly aimed at writing bots
- Lots of tests
- More documentation (yeah, sure)
Compiles and tested with rustc 1.3.0-nightly (912ab64a0 2015-06-25)
and 8537b61f38fd3976d47b153f3548f77896e42eb6
of this library.
Run with
cargo run --example 02 --features ssl
and join #botzoo on irc.mozilla.org.
extern crate irsc;
extern crate openssl;
extern crate env_logger;
use irsc::*;
use irsc::Command::*;
use irsc::Reply::*;
use openssl::ssl::{ Ssl, SslContext, SslMethod };
// Here should be the constants of this bot, like the nickname or description,
// to avoid repetition. However, for better readability, the constants have been
// inlined below.
fn main() {
// If the environment variable RUST_LOG is set to "info",
// irsc will log incoming and outgoing data in raw form.
// Documentation: http://rust-lang.github.io/log/env_logger/#enabling-logging
env_logger::init().ok().expect("Failed to initialise env_logger");
let mut s = OwnedClient::new();
// Try to use Tlsv1 to connect. This might fail, depending on your version of
// OpenSSL. This example does not try with other methods on failure.
let ssl = Ssl::new(&SslContext::new(SslMethod::Tlsv1).unwrap()).unwrap();
// Connect using the newly constructed Ssl configuration.
// If Ssl is not desired, use .connect(...) without the ssl argument.
s.connect_ssl("irc.mozilla.org", 6697, ssl);
// Send the USER and NICK message in one go:
// register(nick, user, description, [password])
s.register("irsc02", "irsc", "Example bot 02", None);
// The client must be accessible from anywhere when using the Event API.
// .into_shared() will convert the previously owned client into a wrapper.
let mut shared = s.into_shared();
// `shared.commands()` will return a carboxyl stream of tuples of the form
// (SharedClient, Message, Command), representing the incoming Commands.
// Event streams are not lazy, but they must still be alive when the events happen,
// in order to process them. To keep them alive (prevent dropping), we assing them
// to local variables. Make sure to not ignore (variable name `_`) them, as that
// drops them as well. The leading underscore will avoid unused-variable warnings.
let _a = shared.commands()
.map(|(mut cl, msg, c)| {
// PRIVMSGs are the most common way to talk, they are used in queries but also
// to talk in channels (despite the "PRIV"). This if-let makes sure we only handle
// these PRIVMSG events for now, and allows us to access PRIVMSG-specific information,
// like the addressee of the message and its content.
if let PRIVMSG(to, content) = c {
// The ident is unique to the origin of this message, and can be used
// to retrieve the nickname of the sender. This example assumes all
// hostmasks are well formed and always present.
let from = msg.ident().unwrap();
// This example will echo the input if the bot was mentioned.
// Example:
// tilpner told me: irsc - Foo!
// if "tilpner" wrote "irsc - Foo!" before.
let response = format!("{} told me: {}", from.nickname, color::bold(&content));
// Only send to global channels, to prevent recursion when we are pm'ed.
// Technically, there are other prefixes than '#', but ignoring them is fine here.
// Also, we only reply if we were mentioned at the start of the message.
if to.starts_with("#") && content.starts_with("irsc") {
// `to` is not the nick who mentioned us, but the channel we were mentioned in,
// This will send our `response` to that channel.
cl.msg(&to, &response);
}
}
});
// `shared.replies()` will return a carboxyl stream of tuples of the form
// (SharedClient, Message, Reply), representing the incoming Replies.
// Again, make sure to keep the mapped stream alive.
let _b = shared.replies()
.map(|(mut cl, _msg, r)| {
// Logging into the IRC server might take some seconds. Some libraries solve
// this by having a fixed timeout after they logged in, before they continue
// to e.g. join channels or identify with the services.
// There is a more precise way, namely waiting for the RPL_WELCOME event (001),
// that is sent by the IRCd after we've connected successfully.
if let RPL_WELCOME(_) = r {
// After we've connected successfully, we join a channel
// without providing a password.
cl.join("#botzoo", None);
}
});
// Dedicate this thread to listening and event processing.
// This method will only return after the connection has been closed or an
// error was encountered, which is why it should either listen in a new thread,
// or all necessary setup must be done prior to calling this method.
shared.listen_with_events();
}