netchat

A simple python app that creates a basic chat room in your local network.

[!WARNING] netchat is not a secure chatting app. This is nothing but a small project I made alone for my computer science class. Do not use it to discuss sensitive informations.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python ≥ 3.6

Installation and Usage

Installing via PyPI

You can install this project using PyPI:

$ pip install netchat-app

Then to run it, execute the following in the terminal:

$ netchat

You can also use the command netchat-app.

If you have more than one version of Python installed, you can use python -m netchat instead of netchat.

Installing via GitHub

$ git clone https://github.com/samuellouf/netchat.git
$ cd netchat
$ pip install .

Then to run it, execute the following in the terminal:

$ netchat

[!IMPORTANT] To uninstall it, run pip uninstall netchat-app

Running Locally via Github (no install)

You can run this project locally by following these steps:

1. Clone/download the repo
2. Open cmd/terminal and cd into the project's root folder
3. Execute python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Execute python -m netchat_app to run the application

Using netchat

[!IMPORTANT] Your OS's firewall might ask for your permission to let Python local networks. You need to accept this.

First, you need to run netchat (netchat or netchat-app).

On the machine running netchat

1. Open the server's adress in your navigator (it is probably http://127.0.0.1:5000).
2. Create an account

And that's it! You have your account and you can start chatting.

On an other machine in the same network

1. Check that netchat is running on all adresses (0.0.0.0)
   • Unless you have used the --host argument, netchat should already be accessible by the network
2. Get the IP adress of the machine running netchat and the port it is running on
   • If you have opened netchat's gui on the server, the IP and port should be displayed at the top of the page.
3. Open the server in your navigator (http://[server ip]:[port]/)
4. Create an account

You now have your account and you can start chatting.

Arguments

You can get all of these informations by using the help flag: netchat --help

Contributing

If you ever want to contribute, simply open a pull request explaining.

I will probably add some new features in a while.

Issues & Bugs

If you found an issue or bug, don't hesitate to report it here.

Btw, I took this readme's structure from auto_py_to_exe