# irccat

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

## Description
irccat is a standalone bot for sending events to IRC channels from scripts or other applications via TCP or HTTP, with optional command handling.

## Key Features
- Sends messages to IRC channels through TCP or HTTP endpoints.
- Supports IRC formatting codes.
- Handles commands using custom handlers.
- Configurable authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Webhook support for GitHub, Grafana, and generic HTTP listeners.

## File Analysis
- **command_handler.py** — Defines a command handler that executes scripts based on received IRC commands.
- **webhook_test.py** — A test script to send webhooks to a specified URL.
- **LICENSE** — GNU General Public License v3.0.
- **README.md** — Documentation for the irccat project, including installation and usage instructions.
- **.gitignore** — Specifies files to be ignored by Git.
- **.travis.yml** — Configuration file for Travis CI continuous integration.
- **Dockerfile** — Defines a Docker image for running the irccat bot.
- **auth.go** — Implements authentication logic for IRC events.
- **command.go** — Handles commands received from IRC and executes them using custom handlers.
- **irc.go** — Manages IRC connections, event callbacks, and command handling.
- **main.go** — Entry point of the irccat application.
- **colours.go** — Provides color formatting for messages sent to IRC.
- **dispatcher.go** — Sends messages to IRC channels based on recipients specified in the message.
- **irccat.json** — Configuration file for irccat, including TCP and HTTP listener settings, IRC server details, and command handling configurations.
- **generic.go** — Handles generic HTTP POST requests sent to /send endpoint.
- **github.go** — Handles GitHub webhook events such as releases, pushes, issues, and pull requests.
- **grafana.go** — Handles Grafana alert notifications.
- **httplistener.go** — Manages HTTP listeners for various services like GitHub, Grafana, and generic HTTP endpoints.
- **templates.go** — Contains templates for rendering messages based on different webhook events.
- **string.go** — Provides string manipulation functions.
- **string_test.go** — Tests for the string manipulation functions.
- **issue_comment.json** — Example JSON payload for a GitHub issue comment event.
- **issues.json** — Example JSON payload for a GitHub issue event.
- **pull_request.json** — Example JSON payload for a GitHub pull request event.
- **push.json** — Example JSON payload for a GitHub push event.
- **release.json** — Example JSON payload for a GitHub release event.