Tcp_chat

A simple tcp chat on python

Installing

Using pip:

$ pip3 install cn-tcp-server

Using git:

$ git clone https://github.com/cl1ckname/tcp_chat.git
$ mv tcp_chat <path_to_your_python_packeges_folder>/tcp_chat

Usage

The chat works on a room system. Any names consisting of symbols of the Latin alphabet, numbers and slashes are acceptable. Chats are not password protected, so anyone can join any room, or create their own.
How it look like:

Clickname - Hay, is this chat empty?
BigJoe2008 - No, the guys and I are here discussing isomorphism problems in topologically compact manifolds
Clickname - Oh...

Commands

To start the server write:

python3 -m tcp_chat server -a <IP> -p <PORT>

• IP - Your IP address where the server will run. The default is localhost.
• PORT - The port that the server will listen on. The default is 8888.

To start client write:

python3 -m tcp_chat start client -a <IP> -p <PORT> -u <USERNAME> -c <CHAT_ID>

• IP - Your IP address of server. The default is localhost.
• PORT - The port of that server. The default is 8888.
• USERNAME - The name with which your chat messages will be shown.
• CHAT_ID - The name of the chat room. If such exists, the application will add you to it, if not, it will create.

Close application

To close server tap CTR+C
To stop client tap CTR+C or write /exit

For custom clients

You can use any tcp client to connect, you should only follow the authentication system:

• The first message must match the pattern <USERNAME>_<CHAT_ID>
• There are three response codes
  • 200 - Authentication passed
  • 400 - Invalid first message
  • 403 - User with this username already connected

Messages are sent as plain text in UTF-8 encoding.