import platform
import socket
import getpass

# Global Variables
ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server = "your.server.choice"
channel = "#YourChannelHere"

# IRC Socket & User/Nick Functions
ircsock.connect((server, 6667))
ircsock.send(bytes("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick + " " + botnick + "\n", "UTF-8"))
ircsock.send(bytes("NICK "+ botnick +"\n", "UTF-8")) # assign the nick to the bot

# System Info
username = getpass.getuser()
hostname = socket.gethostname()
PS = platform.system()
PR = platform.release()
PS = "Z"
PR = "6"
if PS == "Windows":
     PS3 = "W"
if PR == "8.1":
     PR3 = "8"
if PR == "Vista":
     PR3 = "V"

# Respond to Pings
def ping():
     global ircsock
     ircsock.send(bytes("PONG :pingis\n", "UTF-8"))

# Join Channel & Strip & Print Messages from IRC
def joinchan(chan):
     ircsock.send(bytes("JOIN "+ chan +"\n", "UTF-8"))
     ircmsg = ""
     while ircmsg.find("End of /NAMES list.") == -1:
          ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048).decode("UTF-8")
          ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r')
          print(ircmsg)

def main():
     joinchan(channel)
     while 1:
          ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048).decode("UTF-8")
          ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r')
          print(ircmsg)
          if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1:
               ping()
          if ircmsg.find("PRIVMSG") != -1:
               name = ircmsg.split('!', 1)[0][1:]
               message = ircmsg.split('PRIVMSG', 1)[1].split(':', 1)[1]
               if len(name) < 17:
                    if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1:
                         ping()

main()