User Related Tasks - Python

The “WHO” command matches a pattern against users on a network:

WHO pattern

For example, let's say you wanted to search for everyone whose username began with “K”:

WHO K*

Let's create a method that queries the server with the “WHO” command:

def who ( self, pattern ):

   self.send ( 'WHO ' + pattern )

We can also request information on an indivudal using the “WHOIS” command:

WHOIS user

Creating a Python method that uses this command is, of course, easy:

def whois ( self, nick ):

   self.send ( 'WHOIS ' + nick )

Lastly, we can look up information on a user that has changed his or her nickname or has left the network using “WHOWAS”:

WHOWAS user

And here's the Python method:

def whowas ( self, nick ):

   self.send ( 'WHOWAS ' + nick )