basic twitch bot to read gb prompts

import socket
import sys, getopt

server = "irc.twitch.tv"
port = "6667"

def ping(): # This is our first function! It will respond to server Pings.
  ircsock.send("PONG :pingis\n")
def sendmsg(chan , msg): # This is the send message function, it simply sends messages to the channel.
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ chan +" :"+ msg +"\n")
def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
  ircsock.send("JOIN "+ chan +"\n")

def main(argv):
	user = ''
	passw = ''
	chan = ''
	try:
	  opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"hu:p:c:",["user=","passw=","chan="])
	except getopt.GetoptError:
	  print 'irc.py -u <user> -p <passwd> -c <chan>'
	  sys.exit(2)
	for opt, arg in opts:
	  if opt == '-h':
	     print 'irc.py -u <user> -p <passwd> -c <chan>'
	     sys.exit()
	  elif opt in ("-u", "--user"):
	     user = arg
	  elif opt in ("-p", "--passwd"):
	     passw = arg
	  elif opt in ("-c", "--chan"):
	     chan = arg
	print 'user is "', user
	print 'pass is "', passw
	print 'chan is "', chan

	ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
	print("connecting")
	ircsock.connect((server, 6667))
	ircsock.send("PASS "+passw+"\n") # user authentication
	ircsock.send("NICK "+user+"\n") # here we actually assign the nick to the bot
	ircsock.send("JOIN "+chan+"\n")
	print("connected?")

	while 1: # Be careful with these! it might send you to an infinite loop
	  ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048) # receive data from the server
	  ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r') # removing any unnecessary linebreaks.
	  #print(ircmsg) # Here we print what's coming from the server
	  if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1: # if the server pings us then we've got to respond!
	    ping()
	  if ircmsg.find(":left") != -1:
	  	print("LEFT")
	  if ircmsg.find(":right") != -1:
	  	print("RIGHT")
	  if ircmsg.find(":up") != -1:
	  	print("UP")
	  if ircmsg.find(":down") != -1:
	  	print("DOWN")
	  if ircmsg.find(":a") != -1:
	  	print("A")
	  if ircmsg.find(":b") != -1:
	  	print("B")
	  if ircmsg.find(":start") != -1:
	  	print("START")
	  if ircmsg.find(":select") != -1:
	  	print("SELECT")


if __name__ == "__main__":
   main(sys.argv[1:])