NAME

POE::Component::IRC::Qnet - A fully event-driven IRC client module for Quakenet

SYNOPSIS

 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use POE qw(Component::IRC::Qnet);

 my $nickname = 'Flibble' . $$;
 my $ircname = 'Flibble the Sailor Bot';
 my $port = 6667;
 my $qauth = 'FlibbleBOT';
 my $qpass = 'fubar';
 my @channels = ( '#Blah', '#Foo', '#Bar' );

 # We create a new PoCo-IRC object and component.
 my $irc = POE::Component::IRC::Qnet->spawn(
     nick => $nickname,
     port => $port,
     ircname => $ircname,
 ) or die "Oh noooo! $!";

 POE::Session->create(
     package_states => [
         main => [ qw(_default _start irc_001 irc_public) ],
     ],
     heap => { irc => $irc },
 );

 $poe_kernel->run();

 sub _start {
     my ($kernel, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP];

     # We get the session ID of the component from the object
     # and register and connect to the specified server.
     my $irc_session = $heap->{irc}->session_id();
     $kernel->post( $irc_session => register => 'all' );
     $kernel->post( $irc_session => connect => { } );
     return;
 }

 sub irc_001 {
     my ($kernel, $sender) = @_[KERNEL, SENDER];

     # Get the component's object at any time by accessing the heap of
     # the SENDER
     my $poco_object = $sender->get_heap();
     print "Connected to ", $poco_object->server_name(), "\n";

     # Lets authenticate with Quakenet's Q bot
     $kernel->post( $sender => qbot_auth => $qauth => $qpass );

     return;
 }

 sub irc_public {
     my ($kernel, $sender, $who, $where, $what) = @_[KERNEL, SENDER, ARG0 .. ARG2];
     my $nick = ( split /!/, $who )[0];
     my $channel = $where->[0];

     if ( my ($rot13) = $what =~ /^rot13 (.+)/ ) {
         $rot13 =~ tr[a-zA-Z][n-za-mN-ZA-M];
         $kernel->post( $sender => privmsg => $channel => "$nick: $rot13" );
     }
     return;
 }

 # We registered for all events, this will produce some debug info.
 sub _default {
     my ($event, $args) = @_[ARG0 .. $#_];
     my @output = ( "$event: " );

     for my $arg ( @$args ) {
         if (ref $arg eq 'ARRAY') {
             push( @output, '[' . join(', ', @$arg ) . ']' );
         }
         else {
             push ( @output, "'$arg'" );
         }
     }
     print join ' ', @output, "\n";
     return 0;
 }

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IRC::Qnet is an extension to POE::Component::IRC specifically for use on Quakenet <http://www.quakenet.org/>. See the documentation for POE::Component::IRC for general usage. This document covers the extensions.

The module provides a number of additional commands for communicating with the Quakenet service bot Q.

METHODS

"service_bots"

The component will query Q its default name on Quakenet. If you wish to override these settings, use this method to configure them.

 $irc->service_bots(QBOT => 'W@blah.network.net');

In most cases you shouldn't need to mess with these >;o)

INPUT

The Quakenet service bots accept input as PRIVMSG. This module provides a wrapper around the POE::Component::IRC "privmsg" command.

"qbot_*"

Send commands to the Q bot. Pass additional command parameters as arguments to the event.

 $kernel->post ('my client' => qbot_auth => $q_user => $q_pass);

OUTPUT EVENTS

All output from the Quakenet service bots is sent as NOTICEs. Use "irc_notice" to trap these.

"irc_whois"

Has all the same hash keys in "ARG1" as POE::Component::IRC, with the addition of 'account', which contains the name of their Q auth account, if they have authed, or a false value if they haven't.

BUGS

A few have turned up in the past and they are sure to again. Please use <http://rt.cpan.org/> to report any. Alternatively, email the current maintainer.

AUTHOR

Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

Based on the original POE::Component::IRC by:

Dennis Taylor, <dennis@funkplanet.com>