belowįrom this list you can pick an Fserve to browse and get files from, to enter an Fserve you need to enter one of the commands displayed, in this example we will use 'petrkr-server' to enter his Fserve you need to type the command '/ctcp petrkr-server tv-nihon stuff' but without the '' and hit return, this will start the DCC chat session, if successful you will be presented with a screen similar to that shown in Fig 2. To do this you need to enter the command into the text input area and hit return, this will list the Fserves that are online and ready for you to browse, the list will be similar to that shown in Fig 1. The first stage in order to download and to see what Fserves are available you need to perform an !list You HAVE to port forward if using a router, mIRC doesn't UPnP support yetīy now we hope you have followed the setup guide and are now ready to start downloading from IRC, Petrkr-server runs on port range 1024-1028, if you aim to download from him you NEED to forward that range as well otherwise you will get connection errors Javascript is like the Christopher Hitchens of programming or something.Ok, so this is the downloading guide for IRC, there are two guides on this page, the first is if you are using regular mIRC, this uses command line syntax which requires you to type loads of lines, the second is if you are using mIRC with Sysreset, its easier to use as its just point and click, less chance of making a mistake. Then you can use basically the same command line I was going for in the question: node irc-download.js ChannelName BotName 123 /download/dir Var client = new irc.Client(arg, user, ).on('error', m => console.error(m)) Var user = 'user_' + Math.random().toString(36).substr(2), bar = 'Downloading.

Then, put this code in irc-download.js: var irc = require('xdcc').irc, ProgressBar = require('progress'), progress, arg = process.argv So yeah, this is simple.įirst, install these NPM packages (globally with -g if you want): npm install irc xdcc progress

I've looked high and low for a solution that is not super cumbersome (like installing Cygwin on Windows, come on, there are IRC clients coded in ~250 lines of C, you can even telnet this ****).Īnd while nobody has simply made a program that does this basic task on a protocol older than your grandma's swimsuits, turns out we live in a world where NodeJS is a thing that exists.

Mirc download commands