Add +b flag;

irc_monitor.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from time import time
 from socket import socket
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from time import sleep
-
+from threading import Thread
 config = ConfigParser()
 # Defaults
 config['Global'] = {'check_delay': '5 * 60',  # every 5 min
@@ -21,27 +21,29 @@ def check(host, port):
         sleep(int(config['Global']['attempts_delay']))
     return False
 
-#def on_connect(connection, event):
+def on_connect(connection, event):
-#    connection.mode(bot_nickname, '+x')
+    connection.mode(config['Global']['IRC_bot_nickname'], '+B')
- #   connection.join(IRC_chat_name)
+    connection.join(config['Global']['IRC_chat_name'])
 
-def connect():
+def on_join(connection, event):
-    reactor = client.Reactor()
+    connection.privmsg(config['Global']['IRC_chat_name'], 'Bot started')
-    irc = reactor.server()
-    irc.connect(config['Global']['IRC_host'], int(config['Global']['IRC_port']), config['Global']['IRC_bot_nickname'])
-    reactor.process_once(timeout=30)
-    irc.join(config['Global']['IRC_chat_name'])
-    reactor.process_once(timeout=30)
-    #irc.privmsg(config['Global']['IRC_chat_name'], 'Bot started')
-    print('Connected')
-    return irc, reactor
 
 
+def on_disconnect(connection, event):
+    exit()
+##
+reactor = client.Reactor()
+irc = reactor.server()
+irc.connect(config['Global']['IRC_host'], int(config['Global']['IRC_port']), config['Global']['IRC_bot_nickname'])
+irc.add_global_handler("welcome", on_connect)
+irc.add_global_handler("join", on_join)
+irc.add_global_handler('disconnect', on_disconnect)
+Thread(target=reactor.process_forever).start()
+##
 hosts = config._sections
 check_delay = eval(config['Global']['check_delay'])
 
 last_check = 0
-irc, reactor = connect()
 connection_states = {}
 for host, services in hosts.items():
     connection_states[host] = {}