Chat Rooms

Overview

This project is a terminal-based chat application built in C. It uses sockets for real-time communication, allowing users to join chat rooms, set nicknames and exchange messages seamlessly.

Features

• Multiple chat rooms for users to join and interact.

• Customizable usernames

• Real-time messaging.

• Minimalistic terminal-based interface

Requirements

• A C compiler like GCC

• Make (if you're using the provided Makefile)

• A terminal

Installation

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/felipemdutra/chat-rooms.git
cd chat-rooms

Build the project

make

Running the application

Start the server

./chat_app

The server will listen on the default port 8080

Simulate a client

Open a new terminal window and type

nc localhost 8080

Open multiple terminal windows to simulate different clients.

List of commands

After running the server and connecting as a client, try the following commands:

• Set a nickname:

\name <your-nickname>

• Create a chat room:

\create <room-name>

• List available rooms:

\list

• Join a chat room:

\join <room-name>

• Leave a room:

\leave

• Send a message:

Type and press Enter.

Known Issues

• When a client disconnects, the client array doesn't change, causing errors

• When a room is deleted, the rooms array doesn't change, causing errors

• When a client leaves a room, the room's clients array does't change, causing errors