ircp

IRC protocol library for Node.js. Used to be part of ircc.

Installation

$ npm install ircp

Dependencies

Node.js 0.8.x or above.

API

ircp.parse(line)

ircp.parser.parse(line)

Takes an IRC message as raw text and returns a message object. A few examples (via the node REPL):

> ircp.parse(':nick!user@host PART #channel');

{ command: 'PART',
  parameters: [ '#channel' ],
  nick: 'nick',
  user: 'user',
  host: 'host',
  type: 'command' }

> ircp.parse(':irc.example.com 001 botname :Welcome to the example IRC network!');

{ command: 'WELCOME',
  parameters:
   [ 'botname',
     'Welcome to the example IRC network!' ],
  server: 'irc.example.com',
  code: '001',
  type: 'reply' }

Throws an Error if the message can't be parsed.

ircp.serialize(message)

ircp.serializer.serialize(message)

The reverse of parser. Takes a message object and turns it into a string.

> ircp.serialize(ircp.parse(':nick!user@host PART #channel'));

':nick!user@host PART #channel'

Throws an Error if the object is not a valid message.

ircp.codes.convert()

Find the name and type of an IRC command. Known numeric commands are converted to their human-readable form. A few examples:

> ircp.codes.convert('001');

{ name: 'WELCOME', type: 'reply' }

> ircp.codes.convert('401');

{ name: 'NOSUCHNICK', type: 'error' }

> ircp.codes.convert('NOTICE');

{ name: 'NOTICE', type: 'command' }

Possible values for type are 'reply', 'error', 'command' and 'unknown'.