POE::Component::IRC::Qnet(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    POE::Component::IRC::Qnet(3pm)

NAME

       POE::Component::IRC::Qnet - A fully event-driven IRC client module for Quakenet

SYNOPSIS

	use strict;
	use warnings;
	use POE qw(Component::IRC::Qnet);

	my $nickname = 'Flibble' . $$;
	my $ircname = 'Flibble the Sailor Bot';
	my $port = 6667;
	my $qauth = 'FlibbleBOT';
	my $qpass = 'fubar';
	my @channels = ( '#Blah', '#Foo', '#Bar' );

	# We create a new PoCo-IRC object and component.
	my $irc = POE::Component::IRC::Qnet->spawn(
	    nick => $nickname,
	    port => $port,
	    ircname => $ircname,
	) or die "Oh noooo! $!";

	POE::Session->create(
	    package_states => [
		main => [ qw(_default _start irc_001 irc_public) ],
	    ],
	    heap => { irc => $irc },
	);

	$poe_kernel->run();

	sub _start {
	    my ($kernel, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP];

	    # We get the session ID of the component from the object
	    # and register and connect to the specified server.
	    my $irc_session = $heap->{irc}->session_id();
	    $kernel->post( $irc_session => register => 'all' );
	    $kernel->post( $irc_session => connect => { } );
	    return;
	}

	sub irc_001 {
	    my ($kernel, $sender) = @_[KERNEL, SENDER];

	    # Get the component's object at any time by accessing the heap of
	    # the SENDER
	    my $poco_object = $sender->get_heap();
	    print "Connected to ", $poco_object->server_name(), "
";

	    # Lets authenticate with Quakenet's Q bot
	    $kernel->post( $sender => qbot_auth => $qauth => $qpass );

	    return;
	}

	sub irc_public {
	    my ($kernel, $sender, $who, $where, $what) = @_[KERNEL, SENDER, ARG0 .. ARG2];
	    my $nick = ( split /!/, $who )[0];
	    my $channel = $where->[0];

	    if ( my ($rot13) = $what =~ /^rot13 (.+)/ ) {
		$rot13 =~ tr[a-zA-Z][n-za-mN-ZA-M];
		$kernel->post( $sender => privmsg => $channel => "$nick: $rot13" );
	    }
	    return;
	}

	# We registered for all events, this will produce some debug info.
	sub _default {
	    my ($event, $args) = @_[ARG0 .. $#_];
	    my @output = ( "$event: " );

	    for my $arg ( @$args ) {
		if (ref $arg eq 'ARRAY') {
		    push( @output, '[' . join(', ', @$arg ) . ']' );
		}
		else {
		    push ( @output, "'$arg'" );
		}
	    }
	    print join ' ', @output, "
";
	    return 0;
	}

DESCRIPTION

       POE::Component::IRC::Qnet is an extension to POE::Component::IRC specifically for use on Quakenet <http://www.quakenet.org/>. See the
       documentation for POE::Component::IRC for general usage.  This document covers the extensions.

       The module provides a number of additional commands for communicating with the Quakenet service bot Q.

METHODS

   "service_bots"
       The component will query Q its default name on Quakenet. If you wish to override these settings, use this method to configure them.

	$irc->service_bots(QBOT => 'W@blah.network.net');

       In most cases you shouldn't need to mess with these >;o)

INPUT

       The Quakenet service bots accept input as PRIVMSG. This module provides a wrapper around the POE::Component::IRC "privmsg" command.

   "qbot_*"
       Send commands to the Q bot. Pass additional command parameters as arguments to the event.

	$kernel->post ('my client' => qbot_auth => $q_user => $q_pass);

OUTPUT EVENTS

       All output from the Quakenet service bots is sent as NOTICEs.  Use "irc_notice" to trap these.

   "irc_whois"
       Has all the same hash keys in "ARG1" as POE::Component::IRC, with the addition of 'account', which contains the name of their Q auth
       account, if they have authed, or a false value if they haven't.

BUGS

       A few have turned up in the past and they are sure to again. Please use <http://rt.cpan.org/> to report any. Alternatively, email the
       current maintainer.

AUTHOR

       Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

       Based on the original POE::Component::IRC by:

       Dennis Taylor, <dennis@funkplanet.com>

SEE ALSO

       POE::Component::IRC

       <http://www.quakenet.org/>

perl v5.14.2							    2011-12-07					    POE::Component::IRC::Qnet(3pm)