----- log -------
2017-10-08 23:30 DEBUG    irc_bot                       Executing scheduled command join
2017-10-08 23:30 INFO     irc_bot                       Joining channel: #announce
2017-10-08 23:30 DEBUG    irc_bot                       SENT: JOIN #announce
2017-10-08 23:30 DEBUG    irc_bot                       Received: [command: JOIN, prefix: ..., tags: None, arguments: [#announce], from_nick: mynick, raw: :... JOIN :#announce]
2017-10-08 23:30 INFO     irc_bot                       Joined channel #announce
2017-10-08 23:30 ERROR    irc_bot                       Unknown error occurred.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/asyncore.py", line 83, in read
    obj.handle_read_event()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/asyncore.py", line 449, in handle_read_event
    self.handle_read()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/simple_irc_bot.py", line 128, in handle_read
    asynchat.async_chat.handle_read(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/asynchat.py", line 165, in handle_read
    self.found_terminator()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/simple_irc_bot.py", line 216, in found_terminator
    self.parse_message(lines)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/simple_irc_bot.py", line 235, in parse_message
    log.debug('Received: %s', printable_unicode_list(lines))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/utils.py", line 7, in printable_unicode_list
    return '[{}]'.format(', '.join(str(x) for x in unicode_list))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/utils.py", line 7, in <genexpr>
    return '[{}]'.format(', '.join(str(x) for x in unicode_list))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future/utils/__init__.py", line 102, in <lambda>
    cls.__str__ = lambda self: self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/irc_message.py", line 34, in __str__
    printable_arguments = printable_unicode_list(self.arguments)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/utils.py", line 7, in printable_unicode_list
    return '[{}]'.format(', '.join(str(x) for x in unicode_list))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/irc_bot/utils.py", line 7, in <genexpr>
    return '[{}]'.format(', '.join(str(x) for x in unicode_list))
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xbb' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
2017-10-08 23:30 INFO     irc_bot                       Attempting to restart connection to (u'irc.dns', 19436) in 1 seconds.
2017-10-08 23:30 DEBUG    irc_bot                       Queueing command "reconnect" to execute in 1 second(s)


------ config -------

web_server: yes

templates:
  download-it:
    transmission:
      enabled: yes
      host: ip
      port: 12345
      username: user
      password: pass
    download: /home/user/path

irc:
  irc_tracker:
    tracker_file: '/config/trackers/...tracker'
    server: 'irc.dnc'
    port: 12345
    nickname: 'mynick'
    channels: ["#announce"]
    nickserv_password: 'mypw'
    passkey: 'mypasskey'
    task: get_entry
    use_ssl: True

tasks:
  get_entry:
    manual: yes
    accept_all: yes
    template: download-it



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[23:36] * Now talking in #announce
[23:36] * Topic is '» Welcome to #announce «*» Enjoy your Stay «'
[23:36] * Set by .... on Mon Jan 01 01:01:01 2000


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