IRC Connection Protocol...

abc123 · 06-13-2002, 12:56 AM

k, im making an irc client in java

my connection looks like this so far:

Code:

outbound.println("PASS nothing");
outbound.println("NICK abcIRC_Client");
outbound.println("USER guest 0 * :nobody");
outbound.println("JOIN #beep");

but this does not "register" me on any server...
i checked the IRC RFC which says the syntax for USER is:
Command: USER
Parameters: <user> <mode> <unused> <realname>
and i am following the example there, but still having troubles..

anyone got any clues? thanks.

sde · 06-13-2002, 02:47 PM

i don't know much about java, but ive been trying to find a way to display what users are in our irc chat room on our website.

do you know where i can find information to do this? anyone?

abc123 · 06-13-2002, 04:09 PM

well it would be very easy using any language if you dont need any sort of interaction

asp/vb/perl/php could all do it for you

perl has an irc interface i believe...

sde · 06-13-2002, 09:04 PM

hm ... php would be nice .. i'm gonna research it

Ashcrow · 06-16-2002, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by abc123

perl has an irc interface i believe...

Yup they do. Look on http://search.cpan.org or use cpan from the command line and install the modules (perl -MCPAN -e shell)

sde · 06-16-2002, 06:13 PM

thanks for the link .. i'm searching through the site now =)

abc123 · 06-16-2002, 10:04 PM

no one has any idea on my question however. . . ??

sde · 06-16-2002, 10:08 PM

ooh damn .. someone was in the irc chat room saying he had the answer to your question. He said he had the exact same problem and got it to work.

he said something about carefully following the protocol line for line .. um .. i think the term was RTF or RTE or something..

sorry, i wish he would have just posted it.

abc123 · 06-16-2002, 10:39 PM

Hrmm, well I got it to work on all but 1 server by using:

Code:

USER <nick> <host> <r_host> :Real Name
USER abc123 localhost irc.openprojects.net :abc 123

and that actually works for ur server but not for another one, and possibly more..

weird.

sde · 06-16-2002, 11:10 PM

who needs more than our server ? =)

actually, i heard that irc.openprojects.net is one of the few that does not need a reverse lookup or something like that .. bdl was telling me a little about that ... maybe that is what it is.

maybe he can inject some of his wisdom here.