WeChatLite

Intro

Server initially borrowed from https://github.com/yorickdewid/Chat-Server

Simple chatroom in C. This project demonstrates the basic use of sockets. You should specify the port, for example 5000. The project is intended to run on Linux and Unix based systems.

Build

Server

First, fetch dependencies.

bash fetch.sh

Run GNU make in the repository

cd server
make

Then start ./a.out 5000

Client

python client.py --port 5000

Features (out of maintenance)

• Accept multiple client (max 100)
• Name and rename users
• Send private messages

Chat commands (out of maintenance)

Command	Parameter
\QUIT		Leave the chatroom
\PING		Test connection, responds with PONG
\NAME	[nickname]	Change nickname
\PRIVATE	[reference] [message]	Send private message
\ACTIVE		Show active clients
\HELP		Show this help