python_chat_box

#add to same directory
#python chat

#First command line server.py  then open another terminal type in python client.py


skip420@skip:~/Desktop/python_Chat$ python client.py
You are connected from:('127.0.0.1', 40456)
Enter your user name(prefix with #):#skip420
Your user detail saved as : skip420
Send your message in format [@user:message] hello, this is a test





#python server.py

import socket,select
port = 7777
socket_list = []
users = {}
server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
server_socket.bind(('',port))
server_socket.listen(5)
socket_list.append(server_socket)
while True:
    ready_to_read,ready_to_write,in_error = select.select(socket_list,[],[],0)
    for sock in ready_to_read:
        if sock == server_socket:
            connect, addr = server_socket.accept()
            socket_list.append(connect)
            connect.send("You are connected from:" + str(addr))
        else:
            try:
                data = sock.recv(2048)
                if data.startswith("#"):
                    users[data[1:].lower()]=connect
                    print "User " + data[1:] +" added."
                    connect.send("Your user detail saved as : "+str(data[1:]))
                elif data.startswith("@"):
                    users[data[1:data.index(':')].lower()].send(data[data.index(':')+1:])
            except:
                continue
server_socket.close()

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#python client.py

import socket
client_socket = socket.socket()
port = 7777
client_socket.connect(('127.0.0.1',port))
#recieve connection message from server
recv_msg = client_socket.recv(1024)
print recv_msg
#send user details to server
send_msg = raw_input("Enter your user name(prefix with #):")
client_socket.send(send_msg)
#receive and send message from/to different user/s
while True:
    recv_msg = client_socket.recv(1024)
    print recv_msg
    send_msg = raw_input("Send your message in format [@user:message] ")
    if send_msg == 'exit':
        break;
    else:
        client_socket.send(send_msg)
client_socket.close()