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import sys, socket, string

servers = [ "irc.pirc.pl",
            "unixstorm.pirc.pl",
            "gdansk.pirc.pl",
            "chommik.pirc.pl",
            "insomnia.pirc.pl",
            "bshellzpl.pirc.pl",
            "wembley.pirc.pl",
            "legowisko.pirc.pl",
            "mydevil.pirc.pl",
            "paris.pirc.pl",
            "irc.freenode.net", ]
random_server = servers[0]
port = 6667
channel = "#testingchannel1"
nick = "Script_Bot__"

#irc = socket.socket()
irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) #defines the socket
irc.connect((random_server, port))

irc.send(bytes("USER %s +i +w * :%s\r\n" % (nick, nick)).decode("UTF-8"))
irc.send(bytes("NICK %s\r\n" % nick).decode("UTF-8"))
irc.send(bytes("JOIN %s\r\n" % channel).decode("UTF-8"))
irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG %s :Hello\r\n" % channel).decode("UTF-8"))

while True:
    data = irc.recv(2048).decode("UTF-8")
    if(data.find("PING") != -1):
        irc.send(bytes("PONG " + data.split()[1] + "\r\n").decode("UTF-8"))
        irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG %s :PING PONG\r\n" % channel).decode("UTF-8"))
    print data