This is an idea I had to create a quote bot that pulls a random quote from the site quotationspage.com. I started out using a txt file, then thought about using sockets to pull from the site as an unlimited quote resource. Or, moreso than a txt file. It's pretty cool.

Usage:

Make sure you're using the lastest version of mIRC.

Load the script into your bot.

Use !quote to trigger a random quote.

<%MaxEvans> !quote
<@[Jack]> "The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. " - George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
<%MaxEvans> !quote
<@[Jack]> "Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. " - George Carlin (1937 - 2008)

Thanks to Scakk for helping with the code.

alias -l htmlfree { var %x, %i = $regsub($1-,/(^[^<]*>|<[^>]*>|<[^>]*$)/g,$null,%x), %x = $remove(%x, ) | return %x }

alias quotation {
  if (!$sock(quotationspage)) {
    sockopen quotationspage www.quotationspage.com 80
    set %quotechan $chan
  }
}
on *:sockopen:quotationspage: {
  sockwrite -n $sockname GET /random.php3 HTTP/2.0
  sockwrite -n $sockname Host: www.quotationspage.com
  sockwrite -n $sockname Connection: close
  sockwrite -n $sockname $crlf
}
on *:sockread:quotationspage: {
  sockread %quotationspage
  if (<dt class="quote"> isin %quotationspage) {
    set %quote %quotationspage
  }
}
on *:sockclose:quotationspage: {
  set %author $htmlfree($gettok(%quote,19-,62))
  .msg %quotechan $qt($remove($htmlfree(%quote),%author)) - %author
  unset %quot* %author
}
on *:TEXT:!quote:#: {
  quotation
}