Simple IRC Bot in Ruby

gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'ponder'
require 'wikipedia'

@ponder = Ponder::Thaum.new

@ponder.configure do |c|
  c.nick = 'FUN_BOT'
  c.username = 'FUN_BOT'
  c.real_name = 'FUN_BOT'
  c.server = 'servername.com'
  c.port = 6668
end

channel = '#chat'

# On Connect, join #chat.
@ponder.on :connect do
  @ponder.join channel
end

# "+roks", grabs a random mineral from Wikipedia's list of minerals.
minerals = Wikipedia.find('List of Minerals').content.scan(/\*\[\[(.*)\]\]/)

@ponder.on :channel, /\+roks/ do |e|
  @ponder.message channel, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki" + minerals[Random.new.rand(0..minerals.size-1)][0]
end

# Connect to the server.
@ponder.connect