BaseIRC

BaseIRC is a very simple library for talking to an IRC server. The only thing this library provides is the outgoing communication from your application. (If you are looking to handle incoming messages take a look at the MessageFactory library.)

install (easy):

gem install baseirc

install (less easy)

git clone http://github.com/spox/baseirc.git
cd baseirc
gem build *.gemspec
gem install ./

install (less easy that’s a little easier)

rip makes it easy to install directly from a github repository.

Testing

BaseIRC is currently tested on:

• Ruby 1.8.6-p383

• Ruby 1.8.7-p248

• Ruby 1.9.1-p376

• JRuby 1.4.0

Example

Code:

require 'baseirc'

socket = []
irc = BaseIRC::IRC.new(socket)
irc.privmsg('spox', 'hi')

p socket

Result:

["PRIVMSG spox :hi"]

The BaseIRC::IRC object takes a socket, or socket like, object. The only thing the library requires of this object is that it has << defined.

Last remarks

If you find any bugs, please report them through github. If you are in need of any help, you can generally find me on DALnet and Freenode.

License

BaseIRC is licensed under the MIT License
Copyright (c) 2009 spox <spox@modspox.com>