friends-server

A network program written in C where clients can connect and issue friends commands.

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Installation
3. Usage
4. Commands

Description

• The motivation behind building this project was to develop a simple messaging tool for efficient and user-friendly communication among friends.
• By eliminating the unnecessary complexities and features of other platforms, this project aimed to streamline the experience and provide a lightweight, portable platform.
• Additionally, it removes the need for an extensive sign-up process and profile set up, allowing users to quickly start communicating with their friends.
• From this project, I learned how to a create a server in C with sockets, which allows any number of users to connect.
• I also learned how to juggle many client connections, and how to prevent deadlock when attempting to check multiple sockets for data.

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Run make on the root directory
3. Run the executable friend_server

Usage

1. Starting the server
2. Compile the project, see installation
3. Run the executable friend_server
4. The default port is 56524
5. The server is up and running!

Commands

1. quit
   Disconnects the client from the server
   Usage: $quit

2. list_users
   Lists all the users that have registered to this server
   Usage: $list_users

3. make_friends
   Makes a friendship between the currrent user and the username
   Usage: $make_friends username

4. post
   Posts a message on the target's profile
   Usage: post target message

5. profile
   Shows the profile of the username
   Usage: profile username