irc plugin to turn text into zalgo text

text_manip/__init__.py

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+"""Various IRC plugins for messing with text."""

text_manip/zalgo.py

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+"""Turn text into zalgo text."""
+import logging
+
+import irc.client
+from zalgo_text import zalgo
+
+from ircbot.lib import Plugin
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Zalgo(Plugin):
+    """Zalgoify text on demand."""
+
+    zalgo_regex = r'^!zalgo\s+(.*)$'
+
+    def start(self):
+        """Set up the handlers."""
+        logger.debug("%s starting up", __name__)
+        self.connection.reactor.add_global_regex_handler(['pubmsg', 'privmsg'], self.zalgo_regex,
+                                                         self.zalgofy, 0)
+
+        super(Zalgo, self).start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Tear down handlers."""
+        logger.debug("%s shutting down", __name__)
+        self.connection.reactor.remove_global_regex_handler(['pubmsg', 'privmsg'], self.zalgofy)
+
+        super(Zalgo, self).stop()
+
+    def zalgofy(self, connection, event, match):
+        """Turn text into zalgo text."""
+        who = irc.client.NickMask(event.source).nick
+        what = match.group(1)
+        logger.debug("%s requested zelgo text for %s", who, what)
+        zalgoed = zalgo.zalgo().zalgofy(what)
+        self.bot.reply(event, f"{zalgoed}")
+        return 'NO MORE'
+
+
+plugin = Zalgo