hircbot

IRC Bot in Haskell

By RocHack

Authors

• nmbook

Features

• Reads configuration in ~/.hircbot/cfg
• Writes logs to stdout and ~/.hircbot/YYYY-MM-DD.txt
• Connects to IRC to the set of channels specified.
• Responds to commands starting with !h or !hircbot:
  • say: repeats input
  • about: prints HircBot by nmbook
  • whoami: prints your nick, username, host

To Use

1. Set up Haskell:

    # or equivalents for your distribution
    yum install haskell-platform ghc-MissingH ghc-network
   

2. Download to directory.

3. Put settings in ~/.hircbot/cfg:

   Settings that are read (all lines must be in format "key = value"):

   • Server = IRC host name
   • Port = IRC port (must be numeric)
   • Nick = IRC nick
   • Pass = IRC server password
   • Username = IRC username
   • RealName = IRC real name field
   • Channels = comma separated list of channels to join on connect (no spaces allowed)

4. Make sure runnable:

    chmod +x HircBot.hs
   

5. Run it:

    ./HircBot.hs