A way to get RC chat
 

I know this has been suggested before, but really. How hard would it be to implement?
Even if it was just as simple as having RC chat logged as rcchatlog.txt and then we could make our own parser.

Based on the neg rep, how would this be a bad idea?
I mean it's not going to mess with existing systems, it's just adding a new one?

Is there even a genuine need for this?

Well, I'm making an online login for RC, I'm starting with the basics, first I want to send and receive RC chat through a socket, then slowly build on. Portable RC etc.

Or maybe a server side event, eg onRCChat(sender, data)?
I'm aware there is a client side event for that but it requires clientrc to be connected, which isn't too helpful in this instance.

Can you please stop with the double posts?

You can always just leave your RC on and parse it's rclog.txt I remember cbk doing something similar for his web RC.

Yep. In theory you could also do this on an EC2 or Windows Azure free instance (or any other server) and get an RC to be always online with some simple scripting to reconnect on disconnect. You'd need another account but I think most people have a few of those.

In theory that would work, and I have already messed around with that, but it would be more logical and easier to just have a server side event triggered.

i simply think its to prevent RCs being rescripted so that players without a subscription could use it

That raised a good point. But it would still be useful in development.
I don't even know why I posted the idea, there's a 98% chance nothing will be done anyway.
It's more of a moral booster knowing that people will see your idea.

The server should have counter measures for things like that. As far as I remember, it is known how RC operates with the server and vice versa, so you could just write your own RC application. Not advised for whichever reason, though. Who knows what kinds of security issues one may stumble upon when doing that :3

This feature is coming soon.

:o
I sure hope so!
Then I could finally code my webrc without having to have flawed systems to catch it from the rclog.txt!

Pretty much exactly what it's going to be used for.

Can't wait for this, may I ask how you know for sure it will be implemented?

I'm on higher non-pay-grade than you. Here's the function name (won't work until it's applied to the other servers):

Receives echos (may depend if you have those being sent to non-NC people though), script updates and all that jazz too.

I've heard that web RC is already enabled for iZone, can't tell for sure though if it's true

You will have a DB-NPC for it if it is.

iEra doesn't have it yet and can't check iZone, but probably wont take that long anymore if it's true with iZone. Does iClassic already have one?

Yes, it's still quite primitive and under development though. I'm hoping if it gets good enough we'll see a global Web RC that everyone can use (and developers can extend). Script modification and file browser is planned as well so it could be a full RC replacement.