HexChat Python Plugin: How to write to specific channel?
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grisu48 · 2020-08-04 06:35

Hey there! Noob question ahead.

I would like to write a simple HexChat Python plugin, that writes to a
specific channel on a specific server. I have HexChat with three
servers configured and this script is supposed to write the contents
of a file to a specific channel at a specific time or when it is
triggered by the '!ombrometer' command.

I checked the [HexChat Python Interface
manual](https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/script_python.html)
but cannot find anything on how to post a message to a certain channel
on a specific server.

I tried `hexchat.command('msg ...')` but that is bound to the current
context and will not work if I'm on a different server.

Anyone an idea?

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htepO · 2020-08-04 07:11

I'm not a HexChat user, but going through the documentation, you might
be interested in the [context handling](https://hexchat.readthedocs.io
/en/latest/script_python.html#context-handling) section at the bottom.

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grisu48 · 2020-08-04 07:41

Yep, that did the trick:

    context = hexchat.find_context(channel='#channel-to-search-for')
    context.command("say Hello World")