A simple python chatroom backend. It uses no databases, but as long as the server is running, the history is stored.
WARNING: The exceptions in this thing are handled poorly, so be a good boy and don't break it, we just want to chat!
Run this with python server.py and you're ready to go.
The console logs all the requests.
This server uses long polling to have a real-time chatroom.
The authorization key used is some random gibberish and it'll be stored in a dictionary to remember users by.
This is a client prototype and I used threading to do sending messages and receiving new ones parallel.
Run this with python client.py and enter your name to enter the chatroom.
Type !q in chat to exit the chatroom gracefully, the way the gods intended.