<spanid="evennia-server-portal-irc"></span><h1>evennia.server.portal.irc<aclass="headerlink"href="#module-evennia.server.portal.irc"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This connects to an IRC network/channel and launches an ‘bot’ onto it.
The bot then pipes what is being said between the IRC channel and one or
<codeclass="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.server.portal.irc.</code><codeclass="sig-name descname">parse_ansi_to_irc</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">string</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#parse_ansi_to_irc"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.parse_ansi_to_irc"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Parse <ahref="#id1"><spanclass="problematic"id="id2">|</span></a>-type syntax and replace with IRC color markers</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><strong>string</strong> (<em>str</em>) – String to parse for ANSI colors.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>parsed_string (str)</em>– String with replaced ANSI colors.</p>
<codeclass="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.server.portal.irc.</code><codeclass="sig-name descname">parse_irc_to_ansi</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">string</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#parse_irc_to_ansi"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.parse_irc_to_ansi"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Parse IRC mIRC color syntax and replace with Evennia ANSI color markers</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><strong>string</strong> (<em>str</em>) – String to parse for IRC colors.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>parsed_string (str)</em>– String with replaced IRC colors.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="py class">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.server.portal.irc.</code><codeclass="sig-name descname">IRCBot</code><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">lineRate</code><emclass="property"> = 1</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.lineRate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">nickname</code><emclass="property"> = None</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.nickname"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="py attribute">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.logger">
<codeclass="sig-name descname">logger</code><emclass="property"> = None</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.logger"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">factory</code><emclass="property">: Optional<spanclass="p">[</span>twisted.internet.protocol.Factory<spanclass="p">, </span>None<spanclass="p">]</span></em><emclass="property"> = None</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.factory"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">channel</code><emclass="property"> = None</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.channel"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">sourceURL</code><emclass="property"> = 'http://code.evennia.com'</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.sourceURL"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">signedOn</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.signedOn"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.signedOn"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This is called when we successfully connect to the network. We
make sure to now register with the game as a full session.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">disconnect</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">reason</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">''</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.disconnect"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.disconnect"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called by sessionhandler to disconnect this protocol.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><strong>reason</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Motivation for the disconnect.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">at_login</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.at_login"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.at_login"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dlclass="py method">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.privmsg">
<codeclass="sig-name descname">privmsg</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">user</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">channel</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">msg</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.privmsg"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.privmsg"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called when the connected channel receives a message.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>user</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User name sending the message.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>channel</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Channel name seeing the message.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>msg</strong> (<em>str</em>) – The message arriving from channel.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="py method">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.action">
<codeclass="sig-name descname">action</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">user</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">channel</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">msg</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.action"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.action"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called when an action is detected in channel.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>user</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User name sending the message.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>channel</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Channel name seeing the message.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>msg</strong> (<em>str</em>) – The message arriving from channel.</p></li>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">get_nicklist</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.get_nicklist"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.get_nicklist"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Retrieve name list from the channel. The return
<codeclass="sig-name descname">irc_RPL_NAMREPLY</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">prefix</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">params</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.irc_RPL_NAMREPLY"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.irc_RPL_NAMREPLY"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>“Handles IRC NAME request returns (nicklist)</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">irc_RPL_ENDOFNAMES</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">prefix</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">params</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.irc_RPL_ENDOFNAMES"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.irc_RPL_ENDOFNAMES"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called when the nicklist has finished being returned.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="py method">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.pong">
<codeclass="sig-name descname">pong</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">user</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">time</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.pong"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.pong"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called with the return timing from a PING.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>user</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Name of user</p></li>
<li><p><strong>time</strong> (<em>float</em>) – Ping time in secs.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="py method">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.data_in">
<codeclass="sig-name descname">data_in</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">text</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.data_in"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.data_in"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">send_channel</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="n">args</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.send_channel"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.send_channel"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Send channel text to IRC channel (visible to all). Note that
we don’t handle the “text” send (it’s rerouted to send_default
which does nothing) - this is because the IRC bot is a normal
session and would otherwise report anything that happens to it
to the IRC channel (such as it seeing server reload messages).</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">send_privmsg</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="n">args</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.send_privmsg"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.send_privmsg"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">send_request_nicklist</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="n">args</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.send_request_nicklist"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.send_request_nicklist"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Send a request for the channel nicklist. The return (handled
by <strong>self.irc_RPL_ENDOFNAMES</strong>) will be sent back as a message
with type <ahref="#id3"><spanclass="problematic"id="id4">**</span></a>nicklist’.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">send_ping</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="n">args</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.send_ping"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.send_ping"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Send a ping. The return (handled by <strong>self.pong</strong>) will be sent
<codeclass="sig-name descname">send_reconnect</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="n">args</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.send_reconnect"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.send_reconnect"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The server instructs us to rebuild the connection by force,
probably because the client silently lost connection.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">send_default</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">*</span><spanclass="n">args</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBot.send_default"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBot.send_default"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Ignore other types of sends.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dlclass="py class">
<dtid="evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory">
<emclass="property">class </em><codeclass="sig-prename descclassname">evennia.server.portal.irc.</code><codeclass="sig-name descname">IRCBotFactory</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">sessionhandler</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">uid</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">botname</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">channel</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">network</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">port</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">ssl</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">initialDelay</code><emclass="property"> = 1</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.initialDelay"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">factor</code><emclass="property"> = 1.5</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.factor"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">maxDelay</code><emclass="property"> = 60</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.maxDelay"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">__init__</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">sessionhandler</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">uid</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">botname</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">channel</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">network</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">port</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">ssl</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="default_value">None</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.__init__"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.__init__"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Storing some important protocol properties.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><strong>sessionhandler</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.server.sessionhandler.html#evennia.server.sessionhandler.SessionHandler"title="evennia.server.sessionhandler.SessionHandler"><em>SessionHandler</em></a>) – Reference to the main Sessionhandler.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Keyword Arguments</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>uid</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Bot user id.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>botname</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Bot name (seen in IRC channel).</p></li>
<li><p><strong>channel</strong> (<em>str</em>) – IRC channel to connect to.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>network</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Network address to connect to.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>port</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Port of the network.</p></li>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">buildProtocol</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">addr</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.buildProtocol"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.buildProtocol"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Build the protocol and assign it some properties.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><strong>addr</strong> (<em>str</em>) – Not used; using factory data.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">startedConnecting</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">connector</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.startedConnecting"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.startedConnecting"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Tracks reconnections for debugging.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><strong>connector</strong> (<em>Connector</em>) – Represents the connection.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">clientConnectionFailed</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">connector</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">reason</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.clientConnectionFailed"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.clientConnectionFailed"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called when Client failed to connect.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>connector</strong> (<em>Connection</em>) – Represents the connection.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>reason</strong> (<em>str</em>) – The reason for the failure.</p></li>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">clientConnectionLost</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">connector</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">reason</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.clientConnectionLost"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.clientConnectionLost"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Called when Client loses connection.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>connector</strong> (<em>Connection</em>) – Represents the connection.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>reason</strong> (<em>str</em>) – The reason for the failure.</p></li>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">reconnect</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.reconnect"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.reconnect"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Force a reconnection of the bot protocol. This requires
de-registering the session and then reattaching a new one,
otherwise you end up with an ever growing number of bot
<codeclass="sig-name descname">start</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/server/portal/irc.html#IRCBotFactory.start"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.server.portal.irc.IRCBotFactory.start"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>