• Author: Rodrigo Zea (17058)

• The project's objective was to use an already existing protocol and adapt it to our own chat client.
• The chat client utilizes a CLI to interact.

$ git clone https://github.com/RodrigoZea/Proyecto2Redes
$ cd Proyecto2Redes
$ python -q -n nickname -p password

Utilized parameters are the following:

• -q/-d: This sets the console to being quiet mode (no debug log) or to debug mode (extensive verbose log).
• -n: This is the username that will be utilized for registration and logging. This is the username that will be shown to everyone else on the server.
• -p: This is the password that will be utilized for registration and logging.

• Run python -q -n nickname -p password
• Check menu.
  • Only three options will be displayed: register, login, disconnect.
• Register an account.
• Login into your account.
• Check menu.
  • Every other chat option will be now displayed.
• Chat away!

• Register an account.

  • Command number: 1
  • Purpose: Registers an account into the server.

• Login.

  • Command number: 2
  • Purpose: Logs in into your account.

• Close session.

  • Command number: 15
  • Purpose: Closes your current session on the server and stops the program.

• Delete account.

  • Command number: 3
  • Purpose: Deletes your account on the server.

• Add user.

  • Command number: 4
  • Purpose: This command lets you send a friend request to another user on the server.

• Show contact list.

  • Command number: 5
  • Purpose: This command lists all of the users who have accepted your friend request or have sent you one.

• Show all users.

  • Command number: 6
  • Purpose: Lists all of the users available.

• Show one user.

  • Command number: 7
  • Purpose: Lists if there's any user online given a parameter username to be searched.

• Send message.

  • Command number: 8
  • Purpose: Sends a message to another person on the server, user is prompted with the message reciever's username and the message to be displayed.

• Send group message.

  • Command number: 9
  • Purpose: Sends a message to a group (given the user is a member of the group), user is prompted with the group's name and the message to be displayed.

• Change presence.

  • Command number: 10
  • Purpose: This command lets you display a different presence message and type.

• Join or create group.

  • Command number: 11
  • Purpose: This command lets you join or create a group (in case the group doesn't exist) so you can engage in a multi user chat.

• Send an image.

  • Command number: 12
  • Purpose: This command lets you share an image with another user, given the protocol utilized is similar or the same.

• Python
• SleekXMPP (deprecated)