CC-IRC IRC To ComputerCraft Gateway

import socket
import threading
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from flask_socketio import SocketIO, emit

app = Flask(__name__)
socketio = SocketIO(app, cors_allowed_origins="*")

irc_socket = None
irc_server = ""
irc_port = 6667
irc_nick = ""
irc_channel = ""
irc_messages = []

def connect_to_irc(server, port, nick, channel):
    global irc_socket, irc_server, irc_port, irc_nick, irc_channel
    irc_server = server
    irc_port = port
    irc_nick = nick
    irc_channel = channel
    try:
        irc_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        irc_socket.connect((irc_server, int(irc_port)))
        irc_socket.sendall(f"NICK {irc_nick}\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
        irc_socket.sendall(f"USER {irc_nick} 0 * :CC-IRC Bot\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
        irc_socket.sendall(f"JOIN {irc_channel}\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
        threading.Thread(target=listen_to_irc).start()
        return {"status": "Connected to IRC"}
    except Exception as e:
        return {"error": str(e)}

def listen_to_irc():
    global irc_socket, irc_messages
    while True:
        try:
            response = irc_socket.recv(2048).decode("utf-8")
            if response.startswith("PING"):
                irc_socket.sendall(f"PONG {response.split()[1]}\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
            else:
                print(response.strip())
                irc_messages.append(response.strip())
                socketio.emit('new_message', {'message': response.strip()})
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error: {e}")
            break

@app.route("/config", methods=["POST"])
def configure_irc():
    data = request.json
    server = data.get("server", "")
    port = data.get("port", 6667)
    nick = data.get("nick", "")
    channel = data.get("channel", "")
    if not all([server, port, nick, channel]):
        return jsonify({"error": "Invalid configuration"}), 400
    result = connect_to_irc(server, port, nick, channel)
    return jsonify(result)

@app.route("/send", methods=["POST"])
def send_message():
    global irc_socket, irc_channel
    data = request.json
    message = data.get("message", "")
    if message and irc_socket:
        try:
            irc_socket.sendall(f"PRIVMSG {irc_channel} :{message}\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
            return jsonify({"status": "Message sent!"}), 200
        except Exception as e:
            return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
    return jsonify({"error": "No message provided or not connected"}), 400

@app.route("/messages", methods=["GET"])
def get_messages():
    global irc_messages
    messages_to_return = list(irc_messages)
    irc_messages.clear()
    return jsonify({"messages": messages_to_return})

if __name__ == "__main__":
    socketio.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)