import re

# Strip bbcode coming into ircBridge from site chatbox
def strip_bbcode(text):
    # Matches BBCode tags like [tag], [tag=value], [/tag]
    return re.sub(r'\[(\/?)?(color|size|pre|img|url|b|i|u|style)(=[^\]]+)?\]', '', text, flags=re.IGNORECASE)

# Extract username from an IRC line
def parse_username(line):
    if line.startswith(":"):
        return line[1:].split("!")[0]
    return "UnknownUser"