Make bot empty the queue on every ping

client.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ with open('config.json') as f:
     jld = f.read()
     config = json.loads(jld)
 
+NODEAMON = config['nodaemon']
+
 
 uds_addr = config['uds']
 try:
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ def uds_thread(in_q):
                 connection.sendall(bytes("ACK" + LINEEND, 'UTF-8'))
                 in_q.put_nowait(data)
             else:
-                connection.sendall(bytes("NACK" + LINEEND))
+                connection.sendall(bytes("NACK" + LINEEND, 'UTF-8'))
                 continue
         except Exception as e:
             logging.exception(str(e))
@@ -127,12 +129,12 @@ def do_main_loop():
                 r = generate_response(text[0],text[2][1])
                 if r is not None:
                     irc.send_privmsg(config['channel'],r)
-            try:
-                 d = q.get_nowait()
-                 irc.send_privmsg(config['channel'], d.decode("UTF-8"))
-            except Empty:
-                printred("Empty")
-
+            
+            if text[1] == "PING":
+                while not q.empty():
+                    d = q.get_nowait()
+                    irc.send_privmsg(config['channel'], d.decode("UTF-8"))
+            
             
             
         except IRCError as e: