rschat

A project for learning Rust and networking

How to use

cargo run initializes the app at port 8080.

There's also a docker image available (though not on the repository yet)

Message protocol

This server uses a custom protocol. It is a text-based protocol that works as follows:

• Messages should be three lines long.
• The first line contains the message type:
  • MSG, for text messages;
  • ERR, for errors;
  • LIN, for login;
  • LOU, for logout;
  • ACC, for accepting a login event or acknowledging a check;
  • CHK, for check, that is, asking if a connection is alive.
• The second line identifies the message sender.
• The third line contains the message contents.
• If there is a line break on the message contents, write a literal \n.
• Login is made by providing a password on the contents - the password will be plain-text, be careful.
• The server sends an ACC upon login.
• The server responds any CHK with an ACC.
• MSGs will be broadcasted to all connected clients.