implemented threading/queueing

bot.py

@@ -1,27 +1,39 @@
 # Import some necessary libraries.
 import socket 
 import time
+import Queue
+from threading import Thread
 
 # Some basic variables used to configure the bot        
 server = "irc.freenode.net" # Server
 channel = "#openscienceframework" # Channel
 botnick = "ShaunaBot" # Your bots nick
 
-# Connecting to the channel, defining basic functions
+# Connects to server and joins channel
-
-def ping(): # Responds to server Pings.
-  ircsock.send("PONG :pingis\n")  
-
-def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
-  ircsock.send("JOIN "+ chan +"\n")
-
 ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 ircsock.connect((server, 6667)) # Here we connect to the server using the port 6667
 ircsock.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :This bot is a result of a tutoral covered on http://shellium.org/wiki.\n") # user authentication
 ircsock.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n") # here we actually assign the nick to the bot
 
+def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
+  ircsock.send("JOIN "+ chan +"\n")
+
 joinchan(channel) # Join the channel using the functions we previously defined
 
+# Creates separate thread for reading messages from the server
+def getIRC():
+  while True:
+    ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048) # receive data from the server   <-------- this needs to be fixed!  Threading?  Buffer file?
+    ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r') # removing any unnecessary linebreaks.
+    q.put(ircmsg)
+    print(ircmsg) # Here we print what's coming from the server
+
+q = Queue.LifoQueue()
+t = Thread(target=getIRC)
+t.daemon = True
+t.start()
+
+# Classes
 class newcomer(object):  # Newcomer class created when someone joins the room
 
     def __init__(self, nick):
@@ -35,10 +47,13 @@ class newcomer(object):  # Newcomer class created when someone joins the room
         print "status of newcomer object changed to " + str(self.status)
 
     def aroundFor(self):
-        print "timecheck: " + str(self.nick) + " has been around for " + str(time.time() - self.born)
+#        print "timecheck: " + str(self.nick) + " has been around for " + str(time.time() - self.born)
         return time.time() - self.born
 
-## bot-specific functions
+
+# Functions
+def ping(): # Responds to server Pings.
+  ircsock.send("PONG :pingis\n")  
 
 def hello(speaker): # This function responds to a user that inputs "Hello Mybot"
   ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ channel +" :Hello! "+ speaker + "\n")
@@ -46,30 +61,27 @@ def hello(speaker): # This function responds to a user that inputs "Hello Mybot"
 def welcome(speaker):
   ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ channel +" :Welcome "+ speaker + "!\n")
 
+
+#### Main function
+
 newList = []
 
 while 1: 
 
-  ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048) # receive data from the server   <-------- this needs to be fixed!  Threading?  Buffer file?
+  if q.empty() == 0:
-  ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r') # removing any unnecessary linebreaks.
+    ircmsg = q.get()
-  print(ircmsg) # Here we print what's coming from the server
+    speaker = ircmsg.split(":")[1].split("!")[0]
 
-  speaker = ircmsg.split(":")[1].split("!")[0]
+    if ircmsg.find(":Hello "+ botnick) != -1: # Response to 'Hello botnick'
+      hello(speaker)
 
-  if ircmsg.find(":Hello "+ botnick) != -1: # Response to 'Hello botnick'
+    if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1: # if the server pings us then we've got to respond!
-    hello(speaker)
+      ping()
 
-  if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1: # if the server pings us then we've got to respond!
+    if ircmsg.find("JOIN "+ channel) != -1:  # If someone joins #channel
-    ping()
+      newList.append(newcomer(speaker))		# Create a newcomer object and append to list.
-
-  if ircmsg.find("JOIN "+ channel) != -1:  # If someone joins #channel
-    newList.append(newcomer(speaker))		# Create a newcomer object and append to list.
-
-  print newList
 
   for i in newList:
-     print i.aroundFor()
-     print i.status
      if i.aroundFor() > 3 and i.status == 0:
 	print welcome(i.nick)
         i.changeStatus(1)