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+# crowdcontrol.py by craisins in 2014
+# Bot must have some sort of op or admin privileges to be useful
+
+import re
+import time
+from util import hook
+
+# Use "crowdcontrol" array in config
+# syntax
+# rule:
+#   re: RegEx. regular expression to match
+#   msg: String. message to display either with kick or as a warning
+#   kick: Integer. 1 for True, 0 for False on if to kick user
+#   ban_length: Integer. (optional) Length of time (seconds) to ban user. (-1 to never unban, 0 to not ban, > 1 for time)
+
+
+@hook.regex(r'.*')
+def crowdcontrol(inp, nick='', chan='', host='', bot=None, conn=None):
+    inp = inp.group(0)
+    for rule in bot.config.get('crowdcontrol', []):
+        if re.search(rule['re'], inp) is not None:
+            if 'ban_length' in rule and rule['ban_length'] != 0:
+                conn.cmd("MODE", [chan, "+b", host])
+            if rule['kick']:
+                conn.cmd('KICK', [chan, nick, rule['msg']])
+            if 'ban_length' in rule and rule['ban_length'] > 0:
+                time.sleep(rule['ban_length'])
+                conn.cmd("MODE", [chan, "-b", host])
+            if not rule['kick']:
+                return rule['msg']