earwigbot/irc/data.py

# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-

# A class to store data from an individual line received on IRC.

class Data:
    def __init__(self):
        """store data from an individual line received on IRC"""
        self.chan = str()
        self.nick = str()
        self.ident = str()
        self.host = str()
        self.msg = str()

    def parse_args(self):
        """parse command arguments from self.msg into self.command and self.args"""
        args = self.msg.strip().split(' ') # strip out extra whitespace and split the message into a list
        while '' in args: # remove any empty arguments
            args.remove('')

        try:
            self.command = args[0] # the command itself
        except IndexError:
            self.command = None

        try:
            self.args = args[1:] # the command arguments
        except IndexError:
            self.args = None