IRC-Client-Server

Purpose

This repository contains a python3 implementation of an IRC Server and Client built according to RFC specifications. The server is dockerized and listens on port 8888.

Usage

Server

To run the server:

docker-compose up

Client

To connect to the server, run:

python client/client.py -n $nickname -u $username -f $fullname

Nickname, username, and fullname must be supplied at invocation.

Current support commands:

1. QUIT - Quit the server
2. NICK - Change or set nickname
3. JOIN - Join a channel
4. PRIVMSG - Send a private message to another user
5. PART - Leave a channel
6. LIST - List all channels
7. NAMES - List of users
8. TOPIC - Send a message to a channel or create it if it doesn't exist

Contributions

All server source code is contained with src/server/ and client interface is contained in client/.

From the root directory:

Tests and linting:

tox

Generated test reports are located in reports/.

Pylint rc file located utils/pylint.rc.

To run the Black formatter:

tox -e format

Formatter is run separately to allow for CI/CD purposes. Allows automated CD to run tox unittests and linting check without running a Black formatting pass.

Github Actions Workflow

Github actions workflow is located in .github/workflows. Runs a tox build on push and pull requests. Status badge is displayed on this README.