#!/usr/bin/env python
# Illustrates how to test irkerd.
#
# First argument must be a channel URL. If it does not begin with "irc", 
# the base URL for freenode is prepended.
#
# Second argument must be a payload string.
#
import json
import socket
import sys

s = socket.create_connection(("localhost", 6659))
target = sys.argv[1]
if not "irc:" in target:
    target = "irc://chat.freenode.net/{0}".format(target)
data = {"to": target, "privmsg" : " ".join(sys.argv[2:])}
print(json.dumps(data))
s.sendall(json.dumps(data))