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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# IRC"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import socket\n",
+    "import sys\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Adapted from https://pythonspot.com/building-an-irc-bot/\n",
+    "\n",
+    "class IRC:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    irc = socket.socket()\n",
+    "  \n",
+    "    def __init__(self):  \n",
+    "        self.irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    def send(self, chan, msg):\n",
+    "        self.irc.send(f\"PRIVMSG {chan} {msg}\\n\".encode())\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    def connect(self, server, channel, botnick):\n",
+    "        #defines the socket\n",
+    "        print (\"connecting to:\"+server)\n",
+    "        self.irc.connect((server, 6667))                                                         #connects to the server\n",
+    "        self.irc.send(f\"USER {botnick} {botnick} {botnick} :This is a fun bot!\\n\".encode()) #user authentication\n",
+    "        self.irc.send(f\"NICK {botnick}\\n\".encode())               \n",
+    "        self.irc.send(f\"JOIN {channel}\\n\".encode())        #join the chan\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    def get_text(self):\n",
+    "        text=self.irc.recv(2040).decode()  #receive the text\n",
+    "\n",
+    "        if text.find('PING') != -1:                      \n",
+    "            self.irc.send('PONG {text.split()[1]}\\r\\n'.encode()) \n",
+    "\n",
+    "        return text"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "https://webchat.freenode.net/##xpub"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import os\n",
+    "import random\n",
+    "\n",
+    "channel = \"##xpub\"\n",
+    "server = \"irc.freenode.net\"\n",
+    "nickname = \"xpubot\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "irc = IRC()\n",
+    "irc.connect(server, channel, nickname)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "while 1:\n",
+    "    text = irc.get_text()\n",
+    "    print (text)\n",
+    " \n",
+    "    if \"PRIVMSG\" in text and channel in text and \"hello\" in text:\n",
+    "        irc.send(channel, \"Hello!\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.7.3"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 4
+}