Finish chat functionality and prepare for release

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 # mini-chat
 
-Tiny IRC-like chat server I'm building in Go
+Tiny IRC-like chat server built for compatibility with netcat and written in Go
+
+# # Usage
+
+# # # Starting the server
+./mini-chat server --port 1337
+
+# # # Connecting to the server
+nc $SERVER_IP $SERVER_PORT

cmd/root.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 Copyright © 2024 Raul
-
 */
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
@@ -10,18 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-
-
 // rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "mini-chat",
-	Short: "A brief description of your application",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains
-examples and usage of using your application. For example:
+	Short: "Minimalistic chat server built using Go",
+	Long: `mini-chat was originally designed to be used as a standalone server
+users could connect to using netcat, but it can be also used with the binary
+client
 
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+Examples:
+	./mini-chat server --port 8080`,
 	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
 	// has an action associated with it:
 	// Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { },
@@ -47,5 +45,3 @@ func init() {
 	// when this action is called directly.
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("toggle", "t", false, "Help message for toggle")
 }
-
-

cmd/server.go

@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 /*
 Copyright © 2024 Raul
 */
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	//"log"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-
-	//"os"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // serverCmd represents the server command
 var serverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "server",
-	Short: "A brief description of your command",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains examples
-and usage of using your command. For example:
+	Short: "Main chat server",
+	Long: `You can connect to this server by running the following command from
+a client:
+	nc $SERVER_IP $PORT
 
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+Assuming your IP is 192.168.0.30 and the server port is left on default the
+command would be as follows:
+	nc 192.168.0.30 1302`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		server(cmd)
 	},
@@ -46,6 +44,13 @@ func init() {
 	serverCmd.Flags().String("port", "1302", "Port to listen on")
 }
 
+var receiverIsStarted bool = false
+
+type chatter struct {
+	Username string
+	IP       string
+}
+
 func server(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	var lport string
 	port, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("port")
@@ -58,42 +63,66 @@ func server(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":"+lport)
 	cobra.CheckErr(err)
 	fmt.Printf("Listening on port %v...\n", lport)
-	messageChan := make(chan string)
+	masterChannel := make(chan string, 20)
+
+	slaveChannel := make(chan string, 20)
+	go masterReceiver(slaveChannel, masterChannel)
 	// TODO: get channels properly working
 	// receivingChannel := make(chan string)
-	//sendingChannelº := make(chan string)
+	// sendingChannel := make(chan string)
 	for {
 		conn, err := ln.Accept()
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
-		go handleConn(conn, messageChan)
+		numOfClients++
+		go handleConn(conn, slaveChannel, masterChannel)
 	}
 
 }
 
-type chatter struct {
-	Username string
-	IP       string
+var numOfClients int = 0
+
+func masterReceiver(slaveChannel chan<- string, masterChannel <-chan string) {
+	for {
+		message := <-masterChannel
+		for i := 0; i < numOfClients; i++ {
+			slaveChannel <- message
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-func handleConn(conn net.Conn, ch chan string) {
+// func receiver(conn net.Conn, ch chan string) {
+// 	fmt.Println("THE RECEIVER HAS BEEN STARTED, YOU CAN ONLY SEE THIS MESSAGE ONCE")
+// 	receiverIsStarted = false
+// 	for {
+// 		select {
+// 		case otherMessage := <-ch:
+// 			conn.Write([]byte(otherMessage))
+// 		default:
+// 		}
+// 	}
+// }
+
+func handleConn(conn net.Conn, slaveChannel <-chan string, masterChannel chan<- string) {
 	defer conn.Close()
-	var otherMessage string
+	//var otherMessage string
 
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			otherMessage = <-ch
-			conn.Write([]byte(otherMessage))
+			//select {
+			message := <-slaveChannel
+			conn.Write([]byte(message))
 		}
 	}()
 
 	IP := getIP(conn)
 	t := time.Now()
-	date := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d", t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second())
+	date := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%02d-%02d | %02d:%02d:%02d", t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second())
 	final_message_connect := fmt.Sprintf("[%v] Received connection from %v!\n", date, IP)
 	fmt.Print(final_message_connect)
 	conn.Write([]byte("What's your name?\nName: "))
 	name, err := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
 	if err != nil {
+		numOfClients--
 		return
 	}
 	var NewUser = new(chatter)
@@ -103,11 +132,12 @@ func handleConn(conn net.Conn, ch chan string) {
 		message, err := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf(NewUser.Username + " disconnected!\n")
+			numOfClients--
 			return
 		}
 		finalMessage := fmt.Sprint("{" + NewUser.IP + "} " + NewUser.Username + ": " + message)
 		fmt.Print(finalMessage)
-		ch <- finalMessage
+		masterChannel <- finalMessage
 		//conn.Write([]byte(message))
 	}
 }

main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 Copyright © 2024 Raul
-
 */
+
 package main
 
 import "mini-chat/cmd"