# irccat

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

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

## Key Features
- **Command Handling**: Processes commands sent via TCP or HTTP and executes corresponding scripts.
- **IRC Communication**: Connects to IRC servers, handles channel joins, parts, quits, and sends messages.
- **Webhook Support**: Receives webhooks for GitHub releases, pushes, issues, and pull requests.

## File Analysis
- **command_handler.py** — Handles command execution based on the provided script path.
- **webhook_test.py** — Tests sending webhooks to a specified URL.
- **LICENSE** — GNU General Public License v3.0.
- **README.md** — Documentation for irccat, including installation and usage instructions.
- **.gitignore** — Ignores specific files during version control.
- **.travis.yml** — Configuration for Travis CI builds.
- **Dockerfile** — Defines a Docker image to run the application.
- **auth.go** — Manages authentication for IRC channels.
- **command.go** — Handles command execution and environment variable injection.
- **irc.go** — Connects to IRC servers, handles various IRC events.
- **main.go** — Main entry point of the application.
- **colours.go** — Provides color formatting for messages.
- **dispatcher.go** — Sends messages to specified channels or nicks.
- **irccat.json** — Configuration file for irccat settings.
- **generic.go** — Handles generic HTTP POST requests.
- **github.go** — Processes GitHub webhooks.
- **grafana.go** — Handles Grafana alert notifications.
- **httplistener.go** — Manages HTTP listeners and their handlers.
- **templates.go** — Provides templates for rendering webhook messages.
- **string.go** — Utility functions for string manipulation.
- **string_test.go** — Test cases for string manipulation utilities.
- **issue_comment.json** — Example JSON payload for GitHub issue comments.
- **issues.json** — Example JSON payload for GitHub issues.
- **pull_request.json** — Example JSON payload for GitHub pull requests.
- **push.json** — Example JSON payload for GitHub push events.
- **release.json** — Example JSON payload for GitHub release events.