irc-logger

This is mostly useful as a way to learn about the basics of the IRC protocol, or as a very minimalist IRC setup.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/maxlath/irc-logger
npm install

then edit config/local.js to fit your needs

module.exports = {
  serverName: 'irc.freenode.net',
  port: 6667,
  user: 'chatbot',
  channels: ['#somechannel']
}

Use

Option 1 - print logs in the terminal

node server.js

Option 2 - start the process as a daemon and print logs in a file

You can use a tool like aeternum to start the process as a daemon (allowing to close the terminal while the process keeps running) and output the logs in the desired files

aeternum -o logs.txt -e errors.txt -- node server.js

then you can even follow the logs live with this command:

tail -fn 500 logs.txt errors.txt