IRCv3 chathistory Batch Type Copyright © 2015 Sadie Powell <sadie@witchery.services> Unlimited redistribution and modification of this document is allowed provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice remains intact.

chathistory Batch Type

This document describes the format of the chathistory batch type.

The chathistory batch type takes one parameter. This parameter contains the target of messages within the batch. The target MUST either be the nick of the remote client for private messages or the name of a channel which the local client is in for public messages.

When a client which has enabled the batch capability performs an action which requires chat history to be relayed to it (e.g. joining a channel with InspIRCd’s chanhistory mode enabled) the server SHOULD put all PRIVMSGs and NOTICEs into a single chathistory batch. If the client has also enabled the server-time capability then messages inside the batch MUST be tagged with the time at which they were originally sent.

Examples

Channel Message

:irc.host BATCH +sxtUfAeXBgNoD chathistory #channel @batch=sxtUfAeXBgNoD;time=2015-06-26T19:40:31.230Z :foo!foo@example.com PRIVMSG #channel :I like turtles. @batch=sxtUfAeXBgNoD;time=2015-06-26T19:43:53.410Z :bar!bar@example.com NOTICE #channel :Tortoises are better. @batch=sxtUfAeXBgNoD;time=2015-06-26T19:48:18.140Z :irc.host PRIVMSG #channel :Squishy animals are inferior to computers. :irc.host BATCH -sxtUfAeXBgNoD

Private Message