garciaerick / client-server-chat

This is a sample multi-client-server-chatroom done in golang, with some validation and sanitization.

Go Client/Server Chatroom

This is a sample multi-client/server done in golang. Has simple user logins and useranme validation.

How to run

To run you simply need two terminals, one to act as a client, and the other one as server

Server

You first need to start the server by either:

• Running the demoServer.sh script

  me@garciaErick:/path/to/repo/$ ./demoServer.sh

• Running the following command

  me@garciaErick:/path/to/repo/$ go run server.go authenticatedUser.go

Client

Afterwards you can connect multiple clients to the server by running the following in a separate terminal:

• Running the demoClient.sh script

  me@garciaErick:/path/to/repo/$ ./demoClient.sh

• Running the following command

  me@garciaErick:/path/to/repo/$ go run chatroom.go client.go  uuidGenerator.go

Demo

• The server supports multiple clients, and each connection is aware of the current user, so messages from server are personalized for each client.

• Additionally there is some simple validation, no duplicate usernames are allowed and no illegal characters are allowed, as an example ':' (colon) is an illegal character for a username