BitterBot IRC Client

Bitter IRC is a streamlined IRC library specifically designed for Twitch's IRC servers. To see an example application go here.

Example

import "github.com/jpiontek/bitter-irc"

// Your OAuth Key
oauthKey := "my_oauth_key"
// Your account username
username := "fred_bot"
// The channel you'd like to listen to
channelName := "awesome_streamer"
// Use TLS
tls := true

// Create a new channel by supplying the necessary info and the Logger digester.
channel := birc.NewTwitchChannel(channelName, username, oauthKey, tls, birc.Logger)

// Connect estblishes the underlying TCP connection
err := channel.Connect()
if err != nil {
  // Handle error
}

// Authenticate will send the proper credentials and join the channel.
err := channel.Authenticate()
if err != nil {
  // Handle error
}

// Listen begins listening on the channel and handling messages. It is blocking,
// so you may want to wrap it in a go routine if you intend to continue executing
// on the current thread.
err := channel.Listen()
if err != nil {
 // Channel eventually had an error.
}

Digesters

Digesters are simply functions used to handle incoming IRC messages. They have the signature:

type Digester func(m Message, c ChannelWriter)

You can pass in any number of digesters to the NewTwitchChannel function. They MUST be threadsafe as they will be called by multiple go routines. An example of the Logger digester:

func Logger(m Message, w ChannelWriter) {
	if m.Username != "" && m.Content != "" {
		fmt.Printf("\n%s %s: %s", m.Time.Format(timeFormat), m.Username, m.Content)
	}
}

You can see the Logger digester just prints a formatted string to stdout if the message has a username and some sort of content.

The ChannelWriter is an interface that represents a channel you can write to via the Send function.

// Simply checks if the content of someone's message is !command. If so then
// the digester replies in the channel with "Executing command!".
if m.Content == "!command" {
  w.Send("Executing command!")
}

The ChannelWriter also supports SendMessage. You can send any message struct via this function.

message := &birc.Message{
  Command: "PONG",
  Content: "tmi.twitch.tv",
}

err := w.SendMessage(message)

The ChannelWriter also supports retrieving the Channel's configuration.

config := w.GetConfig()

The Message struct passed into each digester:

type Message struct {
  Name     string
  Username string
  Content  string
  Command  string
  Host     string
  Params   []string
  Time     time.Time
}