Updated to include timeouts on the connection; changed name back to Dict.py.

others/dictclient.py

@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ import socket, re
 
 version = '1.0'
 
-def dequote(str):
+def dequote(s):
     """Will remove single or double quotes from the start and end of a string
     and return the result."""
     quotechars = "'\""
-    while len(str) and str[0] in quotechars:
-        str = str[1:]
-    while len(str) and str[-1] in quotechars:
-        str = str[0:-1]
-    return str
+    while s and s[0] in quotechars:
+        s = s[1:]
+    while str and str[-1] in quotechars:
+        s = s[0:-1]
+    return s
 
-def enquote(str):
+def enquote(s):
     """This function will put a string in double quotes, properly
     escaping any existing double quotes with a backslash.  It will
     return the result."""
-    return '"' + str.replace('"', "\\\"") + '"'
+    return '"' + s.replace('"', "\\\"") + '"'
 
 class Connection:
     """This class is used to establish a connection to a database server.
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ class Connection:
     Instantiating it takes two optional arguments: a hostname (a string)
     and a port (an int).  The hostname defaults to localhost
     and the port to 2628, the port specified in RFC."""
-    def __init__(self, hostname = 'localhost', port = 2628):
+    def __init__(self, hostname='localhost', port=2628, timeout=10):
         self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.sock.settimeout(timeout)
         self.sock.connect((hostname, port))
         self.rfile = self.sock.makefile("rt")
         self.wfile = self.sock.makefile("wt", 0)

plugins/Dict.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import plugins
 
 import sets
 import random
+import socket
 
 import dictclient
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def configure(onStart, afterConnect, advanced):
         server = something('What server?')
         onStart.append('dictserver %s' % server)
 
-class Dictionary(callbacks.Privmsg):
+class Dict(callbacks.Privmsg):
     threaded = True
     dictServer = 'dict.org'
     def __init__(self):
@@ -68,9 +69,13 @@ class Dictionary(callbacks.Privmsg):
         callbacks.Privmsg.__init__(self)
 
     def setDictServer(self, server):
-        conn = dictclient.Connection(server)
-        self.dictdbs = sets.Set(conn.getdbdescs())
         self.dictServer = server
+        try:
+            conn = dictclient.Connection(server, timeout=3)
+            self.dictdbs = sets.Set(conn.getdbdescs())
+        except socket.timeout:
+            debug.msg('Timeout on server %s' % server)
+            self.dictdbs = sets.Set([])
             
     def dictserver(self, irc, msg, args):
         """[<dictd server>]
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ class Dictionary(callbacks.Privmsg):
         """
         irc.reply(msg, utils.commaAndify(self.dictdbs))
 
-    def randomdictionary(self, irc, msg, args):
+    def random(self, irc, msg, args):
         """takes no arguments.
 
         Returns a random valid dictionary.
@@ -101,18 +106,22 @@ class Dictionary(callbacks.Privmsg):
     def dict(self, irc, msg, args):
         """[<dictionary>] <word>
 
-        Looks up the definition of <word> on dict.org's dictd server.  If a
-        a dictionary is specified and the definition is too long, snips it to
-        an appropriate length.
+        Looks up the definition of <word> on dict.org's dictd server.
         """
         if not args:
             raise callbacks.ArgumentError
+        try:
+            conn = dictclient.Connection(self.dictServer)
+        except socket.timeout:
+            irc.error(msg, 'Timeout on the dict server.')
+            return
+        if not self.dictdbs:
+            self.dictdbs = sets.Set(conn.getdbdescs())
         if args[0] in self.dictdbs:
             dictionary = args.pop(0)
         else:
             dictionary = '*'
         word = privmsgs.getArgs(args)
-        conn = dictclient.Connection(self.dictServer)
         definitions = conn.define(dictionary, word)
         dbs = sets.Set()
         if not definitions:
@@ -137,6 +146,7 @@ class Dictionary(callbacks.Privmsg):
         irc.reply(msg, s)
 
 
-Class = Dictionary
+Class = Dict
+
 
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