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IRC Component

The irc component implements an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) transport.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-irc</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

irc:nick@host[:port]/#room[?options]
irc:nick@host[:port]?channels=#channel1,#channel2,#channel3[?options]

You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&...

Options

Name

Description

Example

Default Value

channels

Comma separated list of IRC channels to join.

channels=#channel1,#channel2

null

nickname

The nickname used in chat.

irc:MyNick@irc.server.org#channel or irc:irc.server.org#channel?nickname=MyUser

null

username

The IRC server user name.

irc:MyUser@irc.server.org#channel or irc:irc.server.org#channel?username=MyUser

Same as nickname.

password

The IRC server password.

password=somepass

None

realname

The IRC user's actual name.

realname=MyName

None

nickPasswordCamel 2.18: Your IRC server nickname password.nickPassword=mysecretNone

colors

Whether or not the server supports color codes.

true, false

true

onReply

Whether or not to handle general responses to commands or informational messages.

true, false

false

onNick

Handle nickname change events.

true, false

true

onQuit

Handle user quit events.

true, false

true

onJoin

Handle user join events.

true, false

true

onKick

Handle kick events.

true, false

true

onMode

Handle mode change events.

true, false

true

onPart

Handle user part events.

true, false

true

onTopic

Handle topic change events.

true, false

true

onPrivmsg

Handle message events.

true, false

true

trustManager

The trust manager used to verify the SSL server's certificate.

trustManager=#referenceToTrustManagerBean

The default trust manager, which accepts all certificates, will be used.

keys

Camel 2.2: Comma separated list of IRC channel keys. Important to be listed in same order as channels. When joining multiple channels with only some needing keys just insert an empty value for that channel.

irc:MyNick@irc.server.org/#channel?keys=chankey

null

sslContextParameters

Camel 2.9: Reference to a org.apache.camel.util.jsse.SSLContextParameters in the Registry.  This reference overrides any configured SSLContextParameters at the component level.  See Using the JSSE Configuration Utility.  Note that this setting overrides the trustManager option.

#mySslContextParameters

null

SSL Support

Using the JSSE Configuration Utility

As of Camel 2.9, the IRC component supports SSL/TLS configuration through the Camel JSSE Configuration Utility.  This utility greatly decreases the amount of component specific code you need to write and is configurable at the endpoint and component levels.  The following examples demonstrate how to use the utility with the IRC component.

Programmatic configuration of the endpoint
KeyStoreParameters ksp = new KeyStoreParameters();
ksp.setResource("/users/home/server/truststore.jks");
ksp.setPassword("keystorePassword");

TrustManagersParameters tmp = new TrustManagersParameters();
tmp.setKeyStore(ksp);

SSLContextParameters scp = new SSLContextParameters();
scp.setTrustManagers(tmp);

Registry registry = ...
registry.bind("sslContextParameters", scp);

...

from(...)
    .to("ircs://camel-prd-user@server:6669/#camel-test?nickname=camel-prd&password=password&sslContextParameters=#sslContextParameters");

Spring DSL based configuration of endpoint
...
  <camel:sslContextParameters
      id="sslContextParameters">
    <camel:trustManagers>
      <camel:keyStore
          resource="/users/home/server/truststore.jks"
          password="keystorePassword"/>
    </camel:keyManagers>
  </camel:sslContextParameters>...
...
  <to uri="ircs://camel-prd-user@server:6669/#camel-test?nickname=camel-prd&password=password&sslContextParameters=#sslContextParameters"/>...

Using the legacy basic configuration options

You can also connect to an SSL enabled IRC server, as follows:

ircs:host[:port]/#room?username=user&password=pass

By default, the IRC transport uses SSLDefaultTrustManager. If you need to provide your own custom trust manager, use the trustManager parameter as follows:

ircs:host[:port]/#room?username=user&password=pass&trustManager=#referenceToMyTrustManagerBean

Using keys

Available as of Camel 2.2

Some irc rooms requires you to provide a key to be able to join that channel. The key is just a secret word.

For example we join 3 channels where as only channel 1 and 3 uses a key.

irc:nick@irc.server.org?channels=#chan1,#chan2,#chan3&keys=chan1Key,,chan3key

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