twitch.lua

function split(data, pat)
  local ret = {}
  for i in string.gmatch(data,pat) do
    table.insert(ret,i)
  end
end

local nickname = "kayo_mc"
local channel = "#kayochuu"
local host = "irc.chat.twitch.tv"

local net = require("internet")
print("Connecting to "..host.."...")
local con, reason = net.open(host, 6667)

--If I don't set the timeout, con:read() will return nil
--If I do set the timeout to something like 1s, then it will timeout
--con:setTimeout(1)

if not con then
  io.stderr:write(reason.."\n")
  return
end


local line,png,linesplit,msgfrom = ""
while(true) do
  print("Reading connection...")
  line = con:read()
  print("read connection")
  print(line)
  linesplit = split(line, "[^:]+")

  if #linesplit >= 2 and string.find(linesplit[2], "No Indent response") ~= nil then
    print("JOIN")
    con:write("USER " .. nickname .. "0 * :" .. nickname .. "\r\n")
    con:write("NICK " .. nickname .. "\r\n")
    con:write("JOIN :" .. channel .. "\r\n")
  elseif linesplit[1] == "PING" or linesplit[1] == "PING " then
    print("PING")
    png = split(line, "[^:]+")
    con:write("PONG :" .. png[#png] .. "\r\n")
  elseif string.find(linesplit[1], "[^ ]+") ~= nil then
    msgfrom = split(linesplit[1], "[^ ]+")
    msgfrom = msgfrom[3]
  else
    print("no split")
  end
end