def clientLoop(self):
try:
"""
Data variables for manipulating packets and handling them
"""
data = Packet("", 0, "")
hdata = ""
mdata = ""
while (self.connection):
# if the user quits
if (mdata.lower() == "quit" or data.msg.lower() == "quit"):
self.connection = False
self.close()
break
# else send the message
else:
hdata = str(input("Header (CMD, MSG, DAT): ")).upper()
while (not data.checkHeader(hdata)):
print("\n\nCLIENT >> Can only have MSG, CMD, or DAT type packets")
hdata = str(input("Header (CMD, MSG, DAT): "))
mdata = str(input("Message: "))
while (not data.checkMessage(mdata)):
print("CLIENT >> Message must be less than 256 characters (bytes)")
mdata = str(input("Message: "))
data.packetReformat(hdata, mdata)
self.send(data.packetFormat())
print("CLIENT >> Sending Data >> %s\t%d\t%s" % (data.header, data.size, data.msg))
except socket.error as err:
print("CLIENT >> Broken connection with %s on port %d" % (self.addr, self.port))
print(err)
finally:
self.connection = False
self.close()
