How to set Bitlbee (GTalk and Twitter) in Debian

BitlBee is an IRC gateway to other instant messaging networks which use different protocols (e.g: jabber, ICQ, AIM, MSN, etc)

From user point of view BitlBee acts as an IRC server which forwards your messages to other networks like Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter, Identica,
etc.

BitlBee official web page: http://www.biltbee.org

INSTALL BITLBEE (DEBIAN)

When writting this article current BitlBee version in Debian unstable was 3.0.5
This version allows us to authenticate using OAth.

$ aptitude show bitlbee

Package: bitlbee                         
Version: 3.0.5-1.1
Description: An IRC to other chat networks gateway (default version)

Install BitlBee IRC gateway:
$ sudo aptitude install bitlbee

If after configuring it we need to restart Bitlbee daemon
$ sudo service bitlbee restart

CONNECT TO BITLBEE SERVER

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Simple Python IRC Bot

This article shows the code of a simple python irc bot.

To run it, you should create a file, e.g: pybot.py, copy following code in it, and exec:
$ python pybot.py

other way to run it:
$ chmod a+x pybot.py
$ ./pybot.py

BOT SOURCE CODE

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