# irccat

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

## Description
irccat is a standalone bot for sending events to IRC channels from scripts and other applications. It supports both TCP and HTTP protocols, and can be configured via JSON files.

## Key Features
- Supports sending messages over TCP and HTTP.
- Can handle IRC commands through a command handler.
- Implements basic logging and error handling.
- Configurable IRC connection settings including TLS support and SASL authentication.

## File Analysis
- **command_handler.py** — Handles executing commands from IRC channels based on predefined scripts.
- **webhook_test.py** — Sends test webhooks to specified URLs.
- **LICENSE** — GNU General Public License v3.0.
- **README.md** — Documentation for the irccat project, including installation and usage instructions.
- **.gitignore** — Ignores specific files during Git operations.
- **.travis.yml** — Configuration file for continuous integration using Travis CI.
- **Dockerfile** — Defines a Docker image to package the bot.
- **auth.go** — Manages authentication for IRC channel access.
- **command.go** — Handles command execution and output processing.
- **irc.go** — Connects to and interacts with an IRC server.
- **main.go** — Entry point of the application, handling configuration loading and signal handling.
- **colours.go** — Provides color formatting for messages.
- **dispatcher.go** — Sends messages to IRC channels based on recipients.
- **irccat.json** — Configuration file for irccat settings.
- **generic.go** — Handles generic HTTP POST requests.
- **github.go** — Processes GitHub webhook events.
- **grafana.go** — Handles Grafana alert notifications.
- **httplistener.go** — Manages HTTP listeners and their handlers.
- **templates.go** — Contains templates for rendering messages from webhooks.
- **string.go** — Provides string manipulation functions.
- **string_test.go** — Unit tests for string manipulation functions.
- **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.