Distributed grpc Chat Application

Usage

Use one terminal for the server, and one additional terminal for each connected client. To start the server

python3 server.py

To start a client

python3 client.py

Supported Client Actions

Clients can send messages to one another, as well as performing a variety of login/logout/status functions.

Input formats:

create <username> <password>
login <username> <password>
logout
list <regex>
delete
status
list
send <username> <message>
list_pending

gRPC vs non-gRPC

We implemented a simple ChatServer with basic sockets and two enhanced versions (gRPC and fault tolerance). To run the simple ChatServer, cd SimpleChat before starting up the server and client. To run the ChatServer using gRPC, cd ChatgRPC before starting up the server and client. To run the ChatServer with Fault Tolerance, cd Chat_FaultTolerance before starting up the server and client.