jojosula / chatroom_demo

This is demo project for chatroom by python.

chatroom_demo

This is demo project for chat room by python.

Run executable files

Windows

For convenience, you can find the executable chatroom.exe under chatroom_demo\dist\windows

Execute Server

• accept all clients

chatroom.exe serve --bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem

• accept authorized clients only

chatroom.exe serve --bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem --allowed-clients D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\client_cert\client1.crt

Execute Client

• connect server without allowed client certificate

chatroom.exe connect --host localhost --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem --handle username

• connect server with allowed client certificate

chatroom.exe connect --host localhost --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem --client-cert D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\client_cert\client1.pem --handle username

Prepare Dev Environment

1. Install python

   Download & install Python 3.8.0 from https://www.python.org.

2. Install requirements

   pip install -r res/requirements.txt
   

3. Execute Server

   • accept all clients

   python main.py serve --bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem
   

   • accept authorized clients only

   python main.py serve --bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem --allowed-clients D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\client_cert\client1.crt
   

4. Execute Client

   • connect server without allowed client certificate

   python main.py connect --host localhost --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem --handle username
   

   • connect server with allowed client certificate

   python main.py connect --host localhost --bind-port 8567 --ca-file D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\server_cert\server.pem --client-cert D:\your_path\chatroom_demo\conf\client_cert\client1.pem --handle username
   

Package python application

pyinstaller -F main.py

note: if it shows "TypeError: an integer is required (got type bytes)", you can fix it by installing developer version.

pip install https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/archive/develop.tar.gz

ref: pyinstaller/pyinstaller#4265

Troubleshooting

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses'

python built-in curses not support on windows, there is an extension required.

Go to https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#curses

Download & install curses‑2.2.1+utf8‑cp38‑cp38