How to receive files on a channel with a python bot?
reddit / irc

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4_The_Wolf_X · 2017-09-17 09:46

Not sure if the fine people here can help me out or if I should take
this to the python developers sub?

I've created a semi-functional IRC bot in python from the following
sample code:

    import socket
    import time
    import random
    import os

    def stringToBytes(s):
        blit = ""
        for char in s:
            blit += char
        return bytes(blit, "UTF-8")

    server = "irc.irchighway.net"  # settings
    channel = "#ebooks"
    botnick = "NoobBot"

    irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)  # defines
the socket

    irc.connect((server, 6667))  # connects to the server
    irc.send(stringToBytes("USER " + botnick + " " + botnick + " " +
botnick + " :This is a fun bot!\n"))  # user authentication
    irc.send(stringToBytes("NICK " + botnick + "\n"))  # sets nick
    irc.send(stringToBytes("PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n"))  # auth
    time.sleep(4)
    irc.send(stringToBytes("JOIN " + channel + "\n"))  # join the
channel
    irc.send(stringToBytes("PRIVMSG #ebooks @search save the
cat\r\n"))

    while 1:  # puts it in a loop
        text = irc.recv(2040)  # receive the text
        text2 = str(text)[2:]
        text3 = text2.split(":")
        print(text3)

Just as a test, what these does is search for the book "save the cat"
in the ebooks channel. It works, and I get the following showing up in
my received text log:

> ['', 'Search!Search@ihw-4q5hcb.dyn.suddenlink.net NOTICE NoobBot ',
'\\x031,9\\x16\\x02<<SearchBot>>\\x02\\x16 Your search for
> "\\x0312,9save the cat\\x031,9" has been accepted.
> Searching...\\r\\n\'']
>     ['', 'Search!Search@ihw-4q5hcb.dyn.suddenlink.net NOTICE NoobBot
', '\\x031,9\\x16\\x02<<SearchBot>>\\x02\\x16 Your search for
> "\\x0312,9save the cat\\x031,9" returned 55 matches. Sending results
> to you as\\x0312 SearchBot_results_for_ save the
cat.txt.zip\\x031,9.
> Search took 0.33 seconds.\\r\\n\'']
>     ['', 'Search!Search@ihw-4q5hcb.dyn.suddenlink.net NOTICE NoobBot
', 'DCC Send SearchBot_results_for_ save the cat.txt.zip
> (173.80.26.71)\\r\\n', 'Search!Search@ihw-4q5hcb.dyn.suddenlink.net
> PRIVMSG NoobBot ', "\\x01DCC SEND
> SearchBot_results_for__save_the_cat.txt.zip 2907707975 3107
> 3966\\x01\\r\\n'"]

If I were running this in mIRC, I would be able to click the link to
download the file, however I don't see the link to the actual file
anywhere in this text. I'm new to IRC bots, so an example would be
helpful.

I basically am just trying to make my own small client in python so
that I can input searches and the client will download the resulting
search text file when it's sent.

Any help is really appreciated

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AspiringExpat · 2017-10-01 01:19

Hey man - commented on your post on stack overflow and it got deleted,
but I'm working on the same exact program, in the exact same IRC
chatroom. I've gotten everything but receiving the epub file nailed
down... we should colab mate. I know it has to do with the DCC file
transfer protocol, and I've found a few python tutorials on that - but
havent been able to get it implemented...

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4_The_Wolf_X · 2017-10-05 00:06

Hey man! Sure, I'm totally down with collaborating, though I haven't
made any progress since, haha, so I don't know that I'll be much help
until some solution for receiving the epub (or rar or whatever) comes
to light.

Edit: Btw, I never even succeeded in downloading the .txt file with
the list of epubs. I don't have time to dive into it myself at the
moment, but this stuff about bot "packets" might be promising: https:/
/en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Downloading_Files_from_IRC/XDCC_Bot_Guide

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peskypotato · 2018-03-16 01:07

Hello, stuck at the same stage. I have found the irc library for
python and [this](https://github.com/jaraco/irc/blob/master/scripts/dc
creceive.py) seems to do what we want. However, I am still unable to
get it to work. Have you had any success?