qiaqia

A command line chat application for geeks.

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screenshot

click here to see the screenshot.

features

• event based IO multiplexing concurrency model for qiaqia server(epoll).
• support group chat and private chat.
• You can choose to receive or not receive messages from specific online users(block or unblock).
• support state query such as infomations of all online users and the users you blocked.

usage

    <message>               : send message to all online users that not block you.
    $ <commands>            : send a command to the qiaqia for state query.
    > <username> <message>  : send a message to a single user that not block you.
    # <username>            : block or unblock the messages from certain user 

example

    exit                    : disconnect to the server and leave.
    clear                   : clear the screen, just like the clear in bash.
    hello, guys!            : send 'hello, guys!' to all online users that not block you.
    $ show users            : show informations of all currently online users
    $ show blocked          : show the users that you blocked
    > Bob how are you?      : send 'how are you?' only to Bob if bob not block you.
    # Bob                   : block messages from Bob.
    # !Bob                  : unblock messages from Bob.
    # Mike !Amy ...         : block Mick and unblock Amy.

install

Qiaqia is made up of two components, the qiaqia_server and the qiaqia_client.

install by source

git clone https://github.com/Andrewpqc/qiaqia.git && cd qiaqia && mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make

install by binary

go to the release page to download the qiaqia binary package

start

Before you start qiaqia_client, you must make sure that qiaqia_server is already started on your local machine or anywhere network can reach.

You can start qiaqia_server like the following command:

qiaqia_server -p <port to be listen> -w <number of worker threads>

I already deployed a qiaqia_server on my machine at 120.77.220.239:8765, so you can a quick start like the following:

qiaqia_client -h 120.77.220.239 -p 8585

then,choose a pretty nickname for yourself and start. Enjory!

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