Need a bot for a specific task, any suggestions?
reddit / irc

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imthebossofme · 2013-04-09 08:53

I need a bot that will join an arbitrary number of networks & channels
and relay all messages to a specific channel on my own IRC server,
appending the network, channel and user that the message originated
from.

There are probably tons of them out there but I'm new to the IRC game
and don't really know where to start. Can you suggest a bot that would
fit the bill?

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Helzibah · 2013-04-09 11:48

It almost sounds like you could mess with a bouncer to get what you
want instead...

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hapan · 2013-04-09 16:22

One of the most common bots used on IRC is
[Eggdrop](http://www.eggheads.org/). There are numerous modules
written in TCL that you could look into.

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kellyzdude · 2013-04-09 19:13

Also, if you own a server/network,
[Janus](https://github.com/Trixarian/janus). (Just use the channel-bot
for the far sides where you don't own the server)

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YOYAYA · 2013-04-10 00:41

Would be fairly easy to script that up in mIRC, or a number of other
clients. What are you trying to do? Whats the end goal?

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imthebossofme · 2013-04-10 06:23

Essentially what I'm trying to accomplish is monitor various channels
on different networks, using a local tool which generates alerts based
on keywords and weightings.

Problem is the tool is only capable of joining one network at a time,
having a bot perform all the scraping and dump to my own IRC server is
the most straightforward solution.

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INeedDetails · 2013-04-10 07:30

You could try looking into chanrelay.tcl for eggdrop.
Sounds like it'll be able to do the job you're describing.