import socket

# Some basic variables used to configure the bot        
server = "irc" # Server
channel = "#followyourdream" # Channel
botnick = "Mybot" # Your bots nick

def ping(): # This is our first function! It will respond to server Pings.
  ircsock.send("PONG :Pong\n")

def sendmsg(chan , msg): # This is the send message function, it simply sends messages to the channel.
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ chan +" :"+ msg +"\n") 

def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
  ircsock.send("JOIN "+ chan +"\n")

def hello(newnick): # This function responds to a user that inputs "Hello Mybot"
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ channel +" :Hello!\n")
  
ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
ircsock.connect((server, 6667)) # Here we connect to the server using port 6667
ircsock.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :This bot is a result of a tutorial covered on http://shellium.org/wiki.\n") # user authentication
ircsock.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n") # here we actually assign the nick to the bot

joinchan(channel) # Join the channel using the functions we previously defined