Basic Chat Application

A basic chat application written in Python where clients can connect to the server by sending SIGNIN request.

Once connected, they can chat with the other available connected clients in real time.

Author Information

• Abhiram Sarja
• [email protected]

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or later
• Pip 22.0.2 or later (Installed from python 3)
• Packages - argparse, json, select and socket

Running Instructions

Run the server using the following command:

./server.py -sp <port_number>

Run the clients using the following command:

./client.py -u <user_name> -sip <server_ip> -sp <port_number>

Commands available to the clients:

SIGNIN <user-name>

LIST

SEND <target-username> MESSAGE

Assumptions

• LIST command stores the online clients information locally on the client. Hence, before making any new send request, we should call LIST to fetch the latest information