class NickServ(): def recover_nick(connection, password): connection.privmsg("NickServ", "identify " + connection.nickname + " " + password) # Identify with NickServ. connection.privmsg("NickServ", "recover " + connection.nickname + " " + password) # Recover control of nickname via NickServ. connection.nick(connection.nickname) # Set original nickname. Should have happened during the nickServ recover, this fails when still connecting. So this creates a loop to successfully recover via NickServ.