From f1bcf130aa6259abb998561669a3ee5cdc500e83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave C-J <dave@conway-jones.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:46:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for irc client - to make connection "lazy", so it doesn't
 start untill needed.

---
 nodes/social/91-irc.js | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nodes/social/91-irc.js b/nodes/social/91-irc.js
index acc7fc974..21456c32d 100644
--- a/nodes/social/91-irc.js
+++ b/nodes/social/91-irc.js
@@ -24,28 +24,29 @@ function IRCServerNode(n) {
 	this.server = n.server;
 	this.channel = n.channel;
 	this.nickname = n.nickname;
-	this.ircclient = new irc.Client(this.server, this.nickname, {
-		channels: [this.channel]
+	this.ircclient = null;
+	this.on("close", function() {
+		if (this.ircclient != null) {
+			this.ircclient.disconnect();
+		}
 	});
-	this.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
-		util.log('[irc] '+ JSON.stringify(message));
-	});
-	this._close = function() {
-		this.ircclient.disconnect();
-	}
 }
 
 RED.nodes.registerType("irc-server",IRCServerNode);
-IRCServerNode.prototype.close = function() {
-	this._close();
-}
-
 
 // The Input Node
 function IrcInNode(n) {
 	RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
 	this.ircserver = n.ircserver;
 	this.serverConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(this.ircserver);
+	if (this.serverConfig.ircclient == null) {
+		this.serverConfig.ircclient = new irc.Client(this.serverConfig.server, this.serverConfig.nickname, {
+			channels: [this.serverConfig.channel]
+		});
+		this.serverConfig.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
+			util.log('[irc] '+ JSON.stringify(message));
+		});
+	}
 	this.ircclient = this.serverConfig.ircclient;
 	var node = this;
 
@@ -64,8 +65,16 @@ function IrcOutNode(n) {
 	this.sendAll = n.sendObject;
 	this.ircserver = n.ircserver;
 	this.serverConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(this.ircserver);
-	this.ircclient = this.serverConfig.ircclient;
 	this.channel = this.serverConfig.channel;
+	if (this.serverConfig.ircclient == null) {
+		this.serverConfig.ircclient = new irc.Client(this.serverConfig.server, this.serverConfig.nickname, {
+			channels: [this.serverConfig.channel]
+		});
+		this.serverConfig.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
+			util.log('[irc] '+ JSON.stringify(message));
+		});
+	}
+	this.ircclient = this.serverConfig.ircclient;
 	var node = this;
 
 	this.on("input", function(msg) {