Python : Check if IRC connection is lost (PING PONG?)

Question

So my question is, how would i get my bot to listen if there is a PING and if there\'s no ping in an interval of a minute, it will react as though the connection has been lo

Answer 1

last_ping = time.time()
threshold = 5 * 60 # five minutes, make this whatever you want
while connected:
    data = irc.recv ( 4096 )
    # If Nick is in use
    if data.find ( 'Nickname is already in use' ) != -1:
        NICK = NICK + str(time.time())
        Connection()
    # Ping Pong so we don't get disconnected
    if data.find ( 'PING' ) != -1:
        irc.send ( 'PONG ' + data.split() [ 1 ] + '\r\n' )
        last_ping = time.time()
    if (time.time() - last_ping) > threshold:
        break

This will record the time each time it gets a ping, and if it goes too long without one, break out of the connected loop. You don't need while connected == True:, just while connected: does the same thing.

Also, consider using connection instead of Connection, it's the Python convention to use capitalized names only for classes.