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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+#
+# EXPERIMENTAL
+# IRC <=> Zulip mirroring bot
+#
+# Setup: First, you need to install python-irc version 8.5.3
+# (https://bitbucket.org/jaraco/irc)
+
+import irc.bot
+import irc.strings
+from irc.client import ip_numstr_to_quad, ip_quad_to_numstr
+import zulip
+import time
+import optparse
+import sys
+
+def zulip_sender(sender_string):
+    nick = sender_string.split("!")[0]
+    return nick + "@irc.zulip.com"
+
+class IRCBot(irc.bot.SingleServerIRCBot):
+    def __init__(self, channel, nickname, server, port=6667):
+        irc.bot.SingleServerIRCBot.__init__(self, [(server, port)], nickname, nickname)
+        self.channel = channel
+
+    def on_nicknameinuse(self, c, e):
+        c.nick(c.get_nickname().replace("_zulip", "__zulip"))
+
+    def on_welcome(self, c, e):
+        c.join(self.channel)
+        def forward_to_irc(msg):
+            if msg["type"] == "stream":
+                send = lambda x: c.privmsg(msg["display_recipient"], x)
+            else:
+                recipients = [u["short_name"] for u in msg["display_recipient"] if
+                              u["email"] != msg["sender_email"]]
+                if len(recipients) == 1:
+                    send = lambda x: c.privmsg(recipients[0], x)
+                else:
+                    send = lambda x: c.privmsg_many(recipients, x)
+            for line in msg["content"].split("\n"):
+                send(line)
+
+        ## Forwarding from Zulip => IRC is disabled; uncomment the next
+        ## line to make this bot forward in that direction instead.
+        #
+        # zulip_client.call_on_each_message(forward_to_irc)
+
+    def on_privmsg(self, c, e):
+        content = e.arguments[0]
+        sender = zulip_sender(e.source)
+        if sender.endswith("_zulip@irc.zulip.com"):
+            return
+
+        # Forward the PM to Zulip
+        print zulip_client.send_message({
+                "sender": sender,
+                "type": "private",
+                "to": "tabbott@zulip.com",
+                "content": content,
+                })
+
+    def on_pubmsg(self, c, e):
+        content = e.arguments[0]
+        stream = e.target
+        sender = zulip_sender(e.source)
+        if sender.endswith("_zulip@irc.zulip.com"):
+            return
+
+        # Forward the stream message to Zulip
+        print zulip_client.send_message({
+                "forged": "yes",
+                "sender": sender,
+                "type": "stream",
+                "to": stream,
+                "subject": "IRC",
+                "content": content,
+                })
+
+    def on_dccmsg(self, c, e):
+        c.privmsg("You said: " + e.arguments[0])
+
+    def on_dccchat(self, c, e):
+        if len(e.arguments) != 2:
+            return
+        args = e.arguments[1].split()
+        if len(args) == 4:
+            try:
+                address = ip_numstr_to_quad(args[2])
+                port = int(args[3])
+            except ValueError:
+                return
+            self.dcc_connect(address, port)
+
+usage = """python irc-mirror.py --server=IRC_SERVER --channel=<CHANNEL> --nick-prefix=<NICK> [optional args]
+
+Example:
+
+python irc-mirror.py --irc-server=127.0.0.1 --channel='#test' --nick-prefix=tabbott
+  --site=https://staging.zulip.com --user=irc-bot@zulip.com
+  --api-key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+
+Note that "_zulip" will be automatically appended to the IRC nick provided
+
+Also note that at present you need to edit this code to do the Zulip => IRC side
+
+"""
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)
+    parser.add_option('--irc-server', default=None)
+    parser.add_option('--port', default=6667)
+    parser.add_option('--nick-prefix', default=None)
+    parser.add_option('--channel', default=None)
+    parser.add_option_group(zulip.generate_option_group(parser))
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if options.irc_server is None or options.nick_prefix is None or options.channel is None:
+        parser.error("Missing required argument")
+
+    # Setting the client to irc_mirror is critical for this to work
+    options.client = "irc_mirror"
+    zulip_client = zulip.init_from_options(options)
+
+    nickname = options.nick_prefix + "_zulip"
+    bot = IRCBot(options.channel, nickname, options.irc_server, options.port)
+    bot.start()