This is a hexchat script that turns your long link-laden chat lines into nice, concise sentences using the magic of the ethical URL shortening service is.gd.

Before:

    These butterflies are so amazing! http://image.naldzgraphics.net/2011/04/1-dreams.jpg

After:

   These butterflies are so amazing! http://is.gd/Bj5PNC

pip install pyshorteners validators

http://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#how-do-i-auto-load-scripts-at-startup

    /min These butterflies are so amazing! http://image.naldzgraphics.net/2011/04/1-dreams.jpg

For chat messages containing multiple links, since each link involves accessing is.gd for shortening via their PHP interface, noticible lag will occur between pressing enter and the final message being posted to the IRC server.

Feel free to email me with messages about bad coding, cool butterflies, deals on viagra, or what your favorite Jolly Rancher flavor is. I probably wont read it.

This script extens the normal IRC /ignore function by also ignoring the mentioning of the ignored nick.

Before:

    IgnoreMe: These butterflies are so amazing!
    Nick123: IgnoreMe, cool!

After:

    /addignore IgnoreMe
    /delignore IgnoreMe