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<h1>Module <code>irc</code></h1>
<p>LuaIRC is a low-level IRC library for Lua. All functions raise Lua exceptions on error. Use <code>new</code> to create a new IRC object.<br/> Example:<br/><br/> <code> require "irc"<br/> local sleep = require "socket".sleep<br/> <br/> local s = irc.new{nick = "example"}<br/> <br/> s:hook("OnChat", function(user, channel, message)<br/> print(("[%s] %s: %s"):format(channel, user.nick, message))<br/> end)<br/> <br/> s:connect("irc.example.net")<br/> s:join("#example")<br/> <br/> while true do<br/> s:think()<br/> sleep(0.5)<br/> end<br/> </code></p>
<h2>Functions</h2>
<table class="function_list">
<tr>
<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:connect">irc:connect</a>&nbsp;(server, port, timeout)</td>
<td class="summary">Connects <code>irc</code> to <code>server:port</code>, with the connection timeout value <code>timeout</code>.</td>
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<tr>
<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:disconnect">irc:disconnect</a>&nbsp;(message)</td>
<td class="summary">Disconnects <code>irc</code> from the server, with the quit message <code>message</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:hook">irc:hook</a>&nbsp;(name, id, f)</td>
<td class="summary">Hooks function <code>f</code> to event <code>name</code>, with the unique tag <code>id</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:join">irc:join</a>&nbsp;(channel, key)</td>
<td class="summary">Joins <code>channel</code>, optionally with the channel password <code>key</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:part">irc:part</a>&nbsp;(channel)</td>
<td class="summary">Leaves <code>channel</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:send">irc:send</a>&nbsp;(fmt, ...)</td>
<td class="summary">Sends a raw line of IRC to the server.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:sendChat">irc:sendChat</a>&nbsp;(target, msg)</td>
<td class="summary">Sends the message <code>msg</code> to <code>target</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:sendNotice">irc:sendNotice</a>&nbsp;(target, msg)</td>
<td class="summary">Sends the notice <code>msg</code> to <code>target</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:setMode">irc:setMode</a>&nbsp;(t)</td>
<td class="summary">Adds and/or removes modes for a channel or nick.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:think">irc:think</a>&nbsp;()</td>
<td class="summary">Handles incoming data for <code>irc</code>, and invokes previously hooked callbacks based on the new server input.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:trackUsers">irc:trackUsers</a>&nbsp;(b)</td>
<td class="summary">Specifies whether to cache user information or not with the boolean <code>b</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:unhook">irc:unhook</a>&nbsp;(name, id)</td>
<td class="summary">Removes previous hooked callback with the tag <code>id</code> from event <code>name</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#irc:whois">irc:whois</a>&nbsp;(nick)</td>
<td class="summary">Sends a WHOIS lookup request for <code>nick</code>.</td>
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<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#new">new</a>&nbsp;(user)</td>
<td class="summary">Create a new IRC object.</td>
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<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
<dl class="function">
<dt><a name="irc:connect"></a><strong>irc:connect</strong>&nbsp;(server, port, timeout)</dt>
<dd>
Connects <code>irc</code> to <code>server:port</code>, with the connection timeout value <code>timeout</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
server:
</li>
<li>
port:
</li>
<li>
timeout:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:disconnect"></a><strong>irc:disconnect</strong>&nbsp;(message)</dt>
<dd>
Disconnects <code>irc</code> from the server, with the quit message <code>message</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
message:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:hook"></a><strong>irc:hook</strong>&nbsp;(name, id, f)</dt>
<dd>
Hooks function <code>f</code> to event <code>name</code>, with the unique tag <code>id</code>. If parameter <code>f</code> is absent, <code>id</code> is assumed to be both the callback function and unique tag.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
name:
</li>
<li>
id:
</li>
<li>
f:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:join"></a><strong>irc:join</strong>&nbsp;(channel, key)</dt>
<dd>
Joins <code>channel</code>, optionally with the channel password <code>key</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
channel:
</li>
<li>
key:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:part"></a><strong>irc:part</strong>&nbsp;(channel)</dt>
<dd>
Leaves <code>channel</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
channel:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:send"></a><strong>irc:send</strong>&nbsp;(fmt, ...)</dt>
<dd>
Sends a raw line of IRC to the server. <code>fmt</code> is the line to be sent, without the newline characters. <code>fmt</code> can be a format string taking the parameters <code>...</code>, with <code>string.format</code> semantics.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
fmt:
</li>
<li>
...:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:sendChat"></a><strong>irc:sendChat</strong>&nbsp;(target, msg)</dt>
<dd>
Sends the message <code>msg</code> to <code>target</code>. <code>target</code> should be either a channel or nick.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
target:
</li>
<li>
msg:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:sendNotice"></a><strong>irc:sendNotice</strong>&nbsp;(target, msg)</dt>
<dd>
Sends the notice <code>msg</code> to <code>target</code>. <code>target</code> should be either a channel or nick.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
target:
</li>
<li>
msg:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:setMode"></a><strong>irc:setMode</strong>&nbsp;(t)</dt>
<dd>
Adds and/or removes modes for a channel or nick. Either <code>t.target</code> or <code>t.nick</code> specifies the channel or nick to add/remove modes. <code>t.add</code> is a list of modes to add to the target. <code>t.rem</code> is a list of modes to remove from the target. Example which sets +m (moderated) for #channel: <code>irc:setMode{target = "#channel", add = "m"}</code>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
t:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:think"></a><strong>irc:think</strong>&nbsp;()</dt>
<dd>
Handles incoming data for <code>irc</code>, and invokes previously hooked callbacks based on the new server input. You should call this in some kind of main loop, or at least often enough not to time out.
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:trackUsers"></a><strong>irc:trackUsers</strong>&nbsp;(b)</dt>
<dd>
Specifies whether to cache user information or not with the boolean <code>b</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
b:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:unhook"></a><strong>irc:unhook</strong>&nbsp;(name, id)</dt>
<dd>
Removes previous hooked callback with the tag <code>id</code> from event <code>name</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
name:
</li>
<li>
id:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="irc:whois"></a><strong>irc:whois</strong>&nbsp;(nick)</dt>
<dd>
Sends a WHOIS lookup request for <code>nick</code>. Returns a table with the fields <code>userinfo</code>, <code>node</code>, <code>channels</code> and <code>account</code>.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
nick:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="new"></a><strong>new</strong>&nbsp;(user)</dt>
<dd>
Create a new IRC object. The <code>user</code> parameter can contain fields <code>nick</code>, <code>username</code> and <code>realname</code>. The <code>nick</code> field is required. Returns a new <code>irc</code> object.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<ul>
<li>
user:
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
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