MESSenger is a text-based TCP chat server, which can be connected to through telnet. It is a fully featured chatroom service written in Go.
To create the client and server application, you can simply run
makeYou can start the server by running
./mess-serverYou can start the client by running
./messOr you can connect to a server on your local machine by running
./mess-localWhen logging in, you can enter any username and password you want, and if the user doesn’t exist, the server will prompt you to create a new user with your selected username
Username: new_user
Password: my_password
Create new user (y/N): y| Description | Command |
|---|---|
| /delete ROOM_ID | Delete chatroom with ID |
| /exit | Disconnect from server |
| /help | Print list of valid commands |
| /join ROOM_ID | Join room with ID |
| /make ROOM_NAME USER1 USER2 … USERX | Create new chatroom with users |
| /password PASSWORD | Change password for logged in user |
| /quit | Leave chat room |
| /rooms | List available chatrooms and their IDs |