Move sample run routine

irc.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import socket
 from sys import exit
+from time import sleep
 
 
 class IRC:
@@ -7,6 +8,35 @@ class IRC:
 
     debug = False
 
+    def run(self, handler, conf):
+        """A routine that connects to a server, joins channels, and initialises
+        the request handler in a loop."""
+        self.connect(conf.server, conf.bot_nick)
+        self.join_channels(conf.channels)
+        while 1:
+            sleep(2)
+            data = self.receive(debug=conf.debug)
+            self.keep_alive(data)
+            self.msg = self.parse_msg(data, conf.req_prefix)
+            for c in conf.channels:
+                handler(self.msg, c)
+
+    def connect(self, server, bot_nick):
+        """Connect to the server and sends user/nick information."""
+        try:
+            self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            self.sock.connect(server)
+        except ConnectionError as err:
+            exit("[debug] " + str(err))   
+        self.send("USER", bot_nick + " " + bot_nick + " " + \
+            bot_nick + " " + bot_nick)
+        self.send("NICK", bot_nick)
+
+    def disconnect(self, resp_msg, quit_msg, admin_user):
+        """Notify the admin user and disconnect from the server."""
+        self.send("PRIVMSG", resp_msg, recvr=admin_user)
+        self.send("QUIT", ":" + quit_msg)
+    
     def send(self, command, text, *args, **kwargs):
         """Send messages given the IRC command and text. Optionally specify a 
         message recipient with `recvr=user`."""
@@ -24,25 +54,9 @@ class IRC:
                     bs.decode("utf-8").strip() + "`")
             pass
 
-    def connect(self, server, bot_nick):
-        """Connect to the server and sends user/nick information."""
-        try:
-            self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            self.sock.connect(server)
-        except ConnectionError as err:
-            exit("[debug] " + str(err))   
-        self.send("USER", bot_nick + " " + bot_nick + " " + \
-            bot_nick + " " + bot_nick)
-        self.send("NICK", bot_nick)
-
-    def disconnect(self, resp_msg, quit_msg, admin_user):
-        """Notify the admin user and disconnect from the server."""
-        self.send("PRIVMSG", resp_msg, recvr=admin_user)
-        self.send("QUIT", ":" + quit_msg)
-    
     def receive(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Get messages from the connected socket."""
-        data = self.sock.recv(2040).decode("utf-8").strip("\n\r")
+        data = self.sock.recv(2040).decode("utf-8").strip("\r\n")
         if self.debug:
             print("[debug][recv] " + data)
         return data
@@ -59,9 +73,9 @@ class IRC:
                 self.send("JOIN", c)
 
     def parse_msg(self, line, req_prefix):
-        """Extract the request, the nick and username of the requester, 
+        """Using received data from a socket, extract the request, the nick and
-        the channel where the request originated and returns a dictionary of
+        username of the requester, the channel where the request originated and
-        values."""
+        return a dictionary of values."""
         data = {"req": "", "req_chan": "", "nick": "", "user": ""}
         if (":" + req_prefix) in line:
             data["req"] = line.split("PRIVMSG", 1)[1].split(":" + \

ramen.py

@@ -1,33 +1,22 @@
 from sys import exit
 from random import randint
-from time import sleep
 
 import config as cfg
 from irc import IRC
 
 
 class Ramen:
-    """Functions for ramenkan."""
+    """Requests with a ramen theme."""
 
-    irc = IRC()
+    def main(self):
-    irc.debug = cfg.debug
+        """Instantiate an IRC object and pass in the request handler."""
+        self.irc = IRC()
+        self.irc.debug = cfg.debug
+        self.irc.run(self.handle, cfg)
 
-    def run(self):
+    def handle(self, msg, channel):
-        """Connect to the server and channels, initialise the listener in the
+        """Listen for requests in a channel and match them to functions."""
-        application loop."""
+        self.msg = msg
-        self.irc.connect(cfg.server, cfg.bot_nick)
-        self.irc.join_channels(cfg.channels)
-        while 1:
-            sleep(2)
-            data = self.irc.receive(debug=cfg.debug)
-            self.irc.keep_alive(data)
-            self.msg = self.irc.parse_msg(data, cfg.req_prefix)
-            for chan in cfg.channels:
-                self.handle(chan)
-
-    def handle(self, channel):
-        """Listen for requests in a channel and pass them to handler 
-        functions."""
         if self.msg["req_chan"] == cfg.bot_nick:
             # Respond to some commands only from admin user
             if self.msg["user"].lower() == cfg.admin_user.lower() and \
@@ -78,4 +67,4 @@ class Ramen:
 
 
 app = Ramen()
-app.run()
+app.main()