View source for Making a !request script

We get a number of people asking about !Request scripts every week
I would assume most bot channels use TCLs for this kind of function, but if you really want to use mIRC, here's how to start.

 <nowiki>;The on text event of course
on *:text:!request *:#channel: {
 ;You will probably want to add some if statements & anti-spam here
 ;Set the requesters nickname to a variable, for later use
 ;Use gettok to make sure the user isn't requesting #bleh,0 (making your bot part all channels) or #1,#2,#3 (making the bot join multiple channels)
 set %request. $+ $gettok($2,1,44) $nick
 join $gettok($2,1,44)
}

;Raw 366 is 'End of /NAMES list' (see raws page) and the best trigger for our next part

raw 366:*: {
 ;Lets have it check wheter or not there's a request for the channel, using the variable we set earlier
 ;..and continue only if that variable exists
 if (%request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ]) {

   ;Here's where you should add all your 'checks'
   ;For example, if we want it to deny the request if the channel doesn't have 5 users
   if ($nick($2,0) < 5) {
     ;We will use the variable again, this time to get the requester nickname
     msg %request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ] Your request has been denied
   }

   ;Lets also have it check if the requester is opped on the channel
   elseif (%request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ] !isop $2) {
     msg %request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ] Your request has been denied
   }

   ;If the channel didn't get denied yet, continue with the acception part:
   else {
     msg %request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ] Your request has been accepted
     ;You should put your bot-add script here, for example:
     msg Mybot addchannel $2
     msg Mybot addowner $2 %request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ]
   }

   ;And unset the variable to keep it clean :)
   unset %request. $+ $2
   ;Finally, have the bot leave the channel
   part $2
 }
}


;-----------------------------------------------------------
;Now, you'll probably want the script to work with supplied botnames, ie: !request #channel botname
;which is also quite simple:

on *:text:!request *:#channel: {
 ;We'll make it save the 3rd word (botname) aswell
 set %request. $+ $gettok($2,1,44) $nick
 set %requestbot. $+ $gettok($2,1,44) $3
 join $gettok($2,1,44)
}

;We use the raw 366 again but replace this part:
msg Mybot addchannel $2
msg Mybot addowner $2 %request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ]
;With:
msg %requestbot. [ $+ [ $2 ] ] addchannel $2
msg %requestbot. [ $+ [ $2 ] ] addowner $2 %request. [ $+ [ $2 ] ]
;You'll obviously need to change those to match the commands of your own bot


;The rest is up to you
;You will most likely want to add statements that make sure $2 and $3 exist, and $3 is infact a bot and not some random user
;Have fun :)</nowiki>
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