"""Echo given string back to the user/channel.""" import logging from ircbot.lib import Plugin log = logging.getLogger('ircbot.lib') class Echo(Plugin): """Have IRC commands to do IRC things (join channels, quit, etc.).""" def start(self): """Set up the handlers.""" self.connection.reactor.add_global_regex_handler(['pubmsg', 'privmsg'], r'^!echo\s+(.*)$', self.handle_echo, -20) super(Echo, self).start() def stop(self): """Tear down handlers.""" self.connection.reactor.remove_global_regex_handler(['pubmsg', 'privmsg'], self.handle_echo) super(Echo, self).stop() def handle_echo(self, connection, event, match): """Handle the echo command... by echoing.""" return self.bot.reply(event, match.group(1)) plugin = Echo