vahidpaz/groupchat

It's like a poor man's Slack.com channel :)

Group Chat!

It's like a poor man's Slack.com channel :)

 Author:  Vahid Pazirandeh
 Email:   [email protected]
 Created: July 2013
 Source:  https://github.com/vahidpaz

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Usage

First run the server:

./server.py

Then connect with a client:

./client.py <some_username>

Connect with however many clients you want.

For more info use the -h argument.

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Notes

Security

• No attempts to introduce security have been made. It is likely easy for someone to execute shell code in your terminal and root your box. :}

Asynchronous

• This app is asynchronous in that each client gets its own thread.

• The Python modules asyncore, asynchat or a reactive programming model are a much better option than the network I/O layer created here (polling). However, my goal was to gain experience with the low-level socket module and to keep things simple.