Change nick at runtime?

[RyanCopley]

Other than disconnecting, is there a way to change the users nick in real time? I am not seeing anything in the documentation for it.

[quentinxs]

IRC nicknames are set upon connection and can be changed using the IRC
NICK command.

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Ryan Copley notifications@github.comwrote:

Other than disconnecting, is there a way to change the users nick in real
time? I am not seeing anything in the documentation for it.

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[butterscotchstallion]

Can anyone elaborate on this? I don't see a command in the library to change nicks, nor do I see a "raw" command so that I could send the protocol string.

If it's not an existing feature, are there plans for it? Existing issue?

[butterscotchstallion]

OK - I found it. It's listed in the documentation that raw commands can be sent to the server this way:

Client.send(command, arg1, arg2, ...)
Sends a raw message to the server; generally speaking, it’s best not to use this method unless you know what you’re doing. Instead, use one of the methods below.

[qq99]

I've been using client.send("NICK", "mynick") and it seems to work well enough. Sometimes if I try to do this too soon after the client initially connects, the userlist doesn't seem to be sent across for the channel...

[qq99]

So, here's the thing!

You'll want to wait on seeing rpl_channelmodeis (check message.command using ircClient.addListener('raw', function(command) { ... })

If you send NICK before then, it seems like the userlist and topic never come through

I'm creating a promise when creating the client, and only resolving it at this point (which signals my ready state)