Net::IRC2 - Client interface to the Internet Relay Chat protocol.

 !!! UNDER PROGRAMMING !!!
 You can use and feedback is welcome ( in english or french )

 use Net::IRC2                                                        ;
 my $bot  = new Net::IRC2                                             ;
 my $conn = $bot->newconn( uri => 'irc://Nick!User@localhost:6667/' ) ; 
 $conn->mode( $conn->nick, '+B' )                                     ;
 $conn->mode(  '#Ailleurs +m'   )                                     ;
 $bot->add_default_handler( \&process_event )                         ;
 $bot->start                                                          ;
 ...

This module will provide you an access to the IRC protocol suitable to write your own IRC-Bots, or your IRC Client. The API will provide you the sames functions than Net::IRC, so change should be trivial. This module use Parse::RecDescent; by Dr. Conway Damian.

new()

The constructor, takes no argument. Return a Net::IRC2 object. It's your IRC-Bot.

newconn()

Make a new connection. Like Net::IRC + can process a home-made tasty pseudo-URI : irc://Nick!User@localhost:6667/ . Yummy.

start()

Start the bot

add_handler()

set handler for all messages matching a command in commands list. $bot->add_handler( [ '001'..'005' ], \&function ) ;

add_default_handler()

The simple way to handle all events with only one function. set handler for ALL messages $bot->add_default_handler( \&function ) ;

connections()

return un ARRAY of Net::IRC2::Connection objects

irc_grammar()

! Internal !

callback()

! DEPRECATED !

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-net-irc2@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-IRC2. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

Others Perl modules working with IRC connections: Net::IRC, POE::Component::IRC

IRC Request For Comment 1459 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt

Karl Y. Pradene, <knotty@cpan.org>, irc://knotty@freenode.org/

Copyright 2005, Karl Y. Pradene <knotty@cpan.org> All rights reserved.

This program is released under the following license: GNU General Public License, version 2

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