# irccat

**Category:** Standalone_Bot
**Original Author:** Unknown

## Description
irccat is a reimplementation of the original ChatOps tool in Go. It allows sending events to IRC channels from scripts or other applications via TCP and HTTP.

## Key Features
- Sends messages to IRC channels using TCP or HTTP requests.
- Supports authentication for commands through environment variables.
- Handles IRC events such as JOIN, PART, QUIT, and NICK changes.
- Executes command handlers based on user input.
- Manages channel topics and nicknames.

## File Analysis
- **auth.go** — Contains functions to handle authorization of users and channels.
- **command.go** — Implements the handling of commands received from IRC events.
- **command_handler.py** — A Python script that acts as a command handler for irccat.
- **dockerfile** — Defines a Docker image for running irccat.
- **go.sum** — Lists dependencies used in the project.
- **irc.go** — Manages the connection and event handling with IRC servers.
- **main.go** — Entry point of the application, sets up configuration and listeners.
- **irccat.json** — Configuration file defining server details, command handlers, and other settings.
- **generic.go** — Handles generic HTTP POST requests to send messages.
- **github.go** — Processes GitHub webhooks for various events like releases, pushes, issues, and pull requests.
- **grafana.go** — Sends alerts from Grafana to IRC channels.
- **prometheus.go** — Listens for Prometheus Alertmanager webhooks.
- **templates.go** — Contains templates for rendering messages based on different webhook types.
- **tcplistener.go** — Manages TCP connections and sends messages to IRC.
- **string.go** — Provides string manipulation functions.
- **string_test.go** — Unit tests for the string manipulation functions.
- **webhook_test.py** — A Python script used to test webhooks.
- **LICENSE** — GNU General Public License v3.0.
- **README.md** — Documentation for the project.