new faster way of checking if user is identified

bin/tipbot.js

@@ -75,28 +75,10 @@ var client = new irc.Client(settings.connection.host, settings.login.nickname, {
 });
 
 // gets user's login status
-irc.Client.prototype.getLoginStatus = function(nickname, callback) {
-  // request login status
-  this.say('NickServ', settings.connection.status_command + ' ' + nickname);
-
-  // wait for response
-  var listener = function(from, to, message) {
-   // proceed only on NickServ's ACC response
-    var regexp = new RegExp('^(\\S+) ' + settings.connection.status_command + ' (\\d)');
-    if(from != undefined && from.toLowerCase() == 'nickserv' && regexp.test(message)) {
-      var match = message.match(regexp);
-      var user  = match[1];
-      var level = match[2];
-
-      // if the right response, call the callback and remove this listener
-      if(user.toLowerCase() == nickname.toLowerCase()) {
-        callback(Number(level));
-        this.removeListener('notice', listener);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  this.addListener('notice', listener);
+irc.Client.prototype.isIdentified = function(nickname, callback) {
+  client.whois(nick, function(reply) {
+    callback(!!reply.account);
+  });
 }
 
 // gets a empty coin address
@@ -167,10 +149,10 @@ client.addListener('message', function(from, channel, message) {
   // if not that, message will be undefined for some reason
   // todo: find a fix for that
   var msg = message;
-  client.getLoginStatus(from, function(status) {
+  client.isIdentified(from, function(status) {
     var message = msg;
     // check if the sending user is logged in (identified) with nickserv
-    if(status != 3) {
+    if(!status) {
       winston.info('%s tried to use command `%s`, but is not identified.', from, message);
       client.say(channel, settings.messages.not_identified.expand({name: from}));
       return;