Automatic NickServ /IDENTIFYcation?

[Hello71]

Also, join channels only after NickServ acknowledges identification; many networks use cloaks which are only enabled after NickServ is identified to.

[martynsmith]

I'm not sure this functionality really belongs in an IRC client library.

If anything it should be some sort of plugin for the library ...

[fent]

I agree with martyn, it doesn't belong in the core irc library. But I've been working on a module to do just this,
https://github.com/fent/nickserv

Still in development because the nickserv service does not have a strict protocal that everyone follows, and so it's different with different software.

[Hello71]

Somewhat OT, but why is irc only a devDependency?

On 11-11-03 10:23 AM, Roly Fentanes wrote:

I agree with martyn, it doesn't belong in the core irc library. But I've been working on a module to do just this,
https://github.com/fent/nickserv

Still in development because the nickserv service does not have a strict protocal that everyone follows, and so it's different with different software.

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[Hello71]

Also, I've only seen one "standard" method:

 /msg NickServ IDENTIFY *password*

Of course, many networks have implemented shortcuts:

 /nickserv IDENTIFY *password*
 /ns IDENTIFY *password*
 /identify *password*
 /id *password*

Or, my favorite, having it in client registration as a password in PASS.

On 11-11-03 10:23 AM, Roly Fentanes wrote:

I agree with martyn, it doesn't belong in the core irc library. But I've been working on a module to do just this,
https://github.com/fent/nickserv

Still in development because the nickserv service does not have a strict protocal that everyone follows, and so it's different with different software.

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[fent]

irc is a devDependency because the irc library is used to test, but it doesn't get required in the module.

/nickserv [command] seems to be universal. There are some commands that don't exist in some nickserv software, but what's the most troubling is that every one of them seems to have a different response to every command. If you want to join a channel only after you are successfully identified, then to know the module needs to look at the response.

[martynsmith]

Yes, and I know that the services I'm running on my own IRC server use

/msg authserv auth [username] [password]

which is completely different ;-) (I believe that's how Undernet works).

I'm going to close this Issue for now.

If someone wanted to create some sort of pluggable system to provide network-specific functionality then I'd happily consider merging it :-)