# Making a Python Twitch Bot

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/making-a-python-twitch-bot/9250>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/making-a-python-twitch-bot/9250 "2017-02-14T10:52:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![thewoodenmanikin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thewoodenmanikin](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/thewoodenmanikin)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/making-a-python-twitch-bot/9250/1 "2017-02-14T10:52:50Z")

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Hi, i’m making a twitchbot and i encountered an issue with this code

# bot.py

def chat(sock, msg):

```
sock.send("PRIVMSG #{} :{}".format(cfg.CHAN, msg))

```

import cfg  
import socket  
import re

# Network Stuff

s = socket.socket()  
s.connect((cfg.TWITCH, cfg.PORT))  
s.send(“PASS {}\r\n”.format(cfg.OAUTH).encode(“utf-8”))  
s.send(“NICK {}\r\n”.format(cfg.BOT).encode(“utf-8”))  
s.send(“JOIN {}\r\n”.format(cfg.HOST).encode(“utf-8”))

CHAT\_MSG=re.compile(r"^:\w+!\w+@\[w+.tmi.twitch.tv](http://w+.tmi.twitch.tv) PRIVMSG #\w+ :")

while True:  
response = s.recv(1024).decode(“utf-8”)  
if response == “PING :tmi.twitch.tv\r\n”:  
s.send(“PONG :tmi.twitch.tv\r\n”.encode(“utf-8”))  
else:  
username = re.search(r"\w+", response).group(0)  
message = CHAT\_MSG.sub("", response)  
print(username + ": " + message)  
for cfg.info in cfg.info:  
if re.match(cfg.info, message):  
s.send(s, “,message”)#Command Function Goes Here  
break

it says it connects to the channel but doesn’t send/recieve any information, i would really appreciate your input and help

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**Author:** ![3ventic](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/3ventic/32/298_2.png) [@3ventic](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/3ventic)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/making-a-python-twitch-bot/9250/2 "2017-02-14T14:02:24Z")

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JOIN’s cfg.HOST missing #? Is it all lowercase?

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**Author:** ![OG\_SBSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e495f1/32.png) [@OG\_SBSilver](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/OG_SBSilver)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/making-a-python-twitch-bot/9250/3 "2017-03-11T06:21:53Z")

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Sadly your Python code lost its formatting but I believe I found your “cannot send” issue.

Twitch IRC chat does need the “\r\n” at the end of each message string and I do not see that in your code for sending messages to the chat. You have it for the PONG reply.

As for receiving, did you check your code as 3ventic suggested?

Finally, are you using Python 2.7 or Python 3.x?

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/making-a-python-twitch-bot/9250/4 "2017-04-10T06:22:10Z")

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Closed on April 10, 2017, 6:22am UTC

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