This package was originally created to only handle message parsing, but has since been expanded to include a small abstraction around a connection and a simple client.

This library is not designed to hide any of the IRC elements from you. If you just want to build a simple chat bot and don't want to deal with IRC in particular, there are a number of other libraries which provide a more full featured client if that's what you're looking for.

This library is meant to stay as simple as possible so it can be a building block for other packages.

This library aims for API compatibility whenever possible. New functions and other additions will most likely not result in a major version increase unless they break the API. This library aims to follow the semver recommendations mentioned on gopkg.in.

Due to complications in how to support x/net/context vs the built-in context package, only go 1.7+ is officially supported.

All development happens on the master branch and when features are considered stable enough, a new release will be tagged.

• gopkg.in/irc.v3 should be used to develop against the commits tagged as stable
• In previous versions, github.com/go-irc/irc used to be able to be used to develop against the master branch but module support in go seems to have broken this.

In order to run the tests, make sure all submodules are up to date. If you are just using this library, these are not needed.

package main

import (
	"log"
	"net"

	"gopkg.in/irc.v3"
)

func main() {
	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "chat.freenode.net:6667")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	}

	config := irc.ClientConfig{
		Nick: "i_have_a_nick",
		Pass: "password",
		User: "username",
		Name: "Full Name",
		Handler: irc.HandlerFunc(func(c *irc.Client, m *irc.Message) {
			if m.Command == "001" {
				// 001 is a welcome event, so we join channels there
				c.Write("JOIN #bot-test-chan")
			} else if m.Command == "PRIVMSG" && c.FromChannel(m) {
				// Create a handler on all messages.
				c.WriteMessage(&irc.Message{
					Command: "PRIVMSG",
					Params: []string{
						m.Params[0],
						m.Trailing(),
					},
				})
			}
		}),
	}

	// Create the client
	client := irc.NewClient(conn, config)
	err = client.Run()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	}
}

Initial release

• CTCP messages will no longer be rewritten. The decision was made that this library should pass through all messages without mangling them.
• Remove Message.FromChannel as this is not always accurate, while Client.FromChannel should always be accurate.

• Import path changed back to gopkg.in/irc.v3 without the version suffix.