def _ping_event(self, event): event_type, data = event message = data[0][0] sender = data[0][1] try: user = message.split(" ")[1] except: self._send_response("Command: ping <user>", sender) unix_timestamp = str(time.time()).replace(".", " ") self._send_message(Irc.ctcp_ping(user, unix_timestamp)) logger.info("Pinging {}".format(user))