[Twisted-Python] twisted words irc patch for usernames

[Avleen Vig]

Currently when twisted connects to an irc server, the username on the
USER connect line, is assumed to be the same as the nickname.

Below is a patch that lets the username be set manually the same way as
'password' is defined. If a username isn't specified, it defaults to
assuming self.username = nickname

I found this useful to connect to a server which required a specific
username as part of its authentication but I didn't want to / need to
run ident. I couldn't think of a good reason for not being able to set
the username if we can already set everything else :-)


Index: Twisted/twisted/words/protocols/irc.py
===================================================================
--- Twisted/twisted/words/protocols/irc.py      (revision 14959)
+++ Twisted/twisted/words/protocols/irc.py      (working copy)
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@
     nickname = 'irc'
     password = None
     realname = None
+    username = None
     ### Responses to various CTCP queries.
 
     userinfo = None
@@ -895,7 +896,9 @@
         if self.password is not None:
             self.sendLine("PASS %s" % self.password)
         self.setNick(nickname)
-        self.sendLine("USER %s foo bar :%s" % (nickname, self.realname))
+        if self.username is None:
+            self.username = nickname
+        self.sendLine("USER %s foo bar :%s" % (self.username, self.realname))
 
     def setNick(self, nickname):
         self.nickname = nickname


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