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threaded_network_chat/main.cpp
2026-02-26 11:16:17 -06:00

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/*an attempt at pthread and network and ncurses all in the same function
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <curses.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <vector> //try to make the program work without this without doing anything awful but do it later
using namespace std;
const int PORT_NUM = 8888;
const string IP_ADDRESS = "127.0.0.1";
int mode = 0; //what mode is this program in. 0 = nothing. 1 = server. 2 = client
int serverSocketDescriptor;//a global variable for storing the server socket descriptor.
int clientSocketDescriptor;
vector<int> clientSocketDescriptors;//a global vector for storing client socket descriptors
//keep track of the session time using global variables
struct timeval start1, end1;
//also keep track of the amount of data sent as well
int bytesRead, bytesWritten = 0;
const int LOG_LENGTH = 10;//number of text log file lines to display
int linePos = 0; //counter for what current position to use in the file
pthread_t client_wait_thread;
int writeToFile(string path, string line, bool incLineNum = true);
void* waitForClient(void* argss);
void* pollForClient();
//clears ncurses rows in a specific region only
void clearRows(int startingRow, int endingRow)
{
//preserve the cursor location
int yBefore, xBefore;
getyx(stdscr, yBefore, xBefore);
for (int i = startingRow; i < endingRow; i++)
{
move(i, 0);
clrtoeol();//clear to end of line
}
//restore original cursor location
move(yBefore, xBefore);
}
//display a file using ncurses
int displayFile(string path, int startLineNum = 0, int numLines = 10)
{
ifstream file(path);
if (!file)
{
return 1;
}
else
{
clearRows(0, numLines+1); //clear the chat area
int lineNum = 0;
string line;
//print each line directly to the screen
int num = 0;
while(getline(file, line) && num <= numLines + startLineNum + 1) //while there is file content and the line number isn't too high
{
if (num >= startLineNum)
{
move(lineNum, 0);
printw(line.c_str());
lineNum++;//increment the row number after printing each line
}
num++;
}
return 0;
}
}
//gets the number of lines in a file. returns -1 if there was an error.
int linesInFile(string path)
{
ifstream file(path);
if (!file)
{
return 1;
}
else
{
int lineNum = 0;
string line;
int num = 0;
while(getline(file, line))
{
num++;
}
return num;
}
}
struct waitClientArgs
{
sockaddr_in newSockAddr;
socklen_t newSockAddrSize;
};
void* waitForClient(void* argss)
{
waitClientArgs* args = static_cast<waitClientArgs*>(argss);
clientSocketDescriptor = accept(serverSocketDescriptor, (sockaddr *)&args->newSockAddr, &args->newSockAddrSize);
if (clientSocketDescriptor >= 0)
{
writeToFile("test.txt", "client connected");
displayFile("test.txt", linePos, LOG_LENGTH);
}
delete args;//delete to avoid memory leaks
return pollForClient();
}
void* pollForClient()
{
char msg[1024];
while(1)
{
//receive a message from the client (listen)
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));//clear the buffer
bytesRead += recv(clientSocketDescriptor, (char*)&msg, sizeof(msg), 0);
writeToFile("test.txt", msg);//write the client's message to file
displayFile("test.txt", linePos, LOG_LENGTH);
}
return nullptr;
}
//set up a suitable server for this
int setupServer(int port)
{
//setup a socket and connection tools
sockaddr_in servAddr;
bzero((char*)&servAddr, sizeof(servAddr));
servAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
servAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
servAddr.sin_port = htons(port);
//open stream oriented socket with internet address
//also keep track of the socket descriptor
serverSocketDescriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if(serverSocketDescriptor < 0)
{
cerr << "Error establishing the server socket" << endl;
exit(0);
}
//bind the socket to its local address
int bindStatus = bind(serverSocketDescriptor, (struct sockaddr*) &servAddr,
sizeof(servAddr));
if(bindStatus < 0)
{
cerr << "Error binding socket to local address" << endl;
exit(0);
}
writeToFile("test.txt", "Waiting for a client to connect...");
//listen for up to 5 requests at a time
listen(serverSocketDescriptor, 5);
//receive a request from client using accept
//we need a new address to connect with the client
sockaddr_in newSockAddr;
socklen_t newSockAddrSize = sizeof(newSockAddr);
//accept, create a new socket descriptor to
//handle the new connection with client
auto* aaa = new waitClientArgs{};//it looks stupid but it works
aaa->newSockAddr = newSockAddr;
aaa->newSockAddrSize = newSockAddrSize;
int rc = pthread_create(&client_wait_thread, nullptr, waitForClient, aaa);
pthread_detach(client_wait_thread);
writeToFile("test.txt", "Server started sucessfully");
gettimeofday(&start1, NULL);
/*while(1)
{
//receive a message from the client (listen)
cout << "Awaiting client response..." << endl;
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));//clear the buffer
bytesRead += recv(clientSocketDescriptor, (char*)&msg, sizeof(msg), 0);
if(!strcmp(msg, "exit"))
{
cout << "Client has quit the session" << endl;
break;
}
cout << "Client: " << msg << endl;
cout << ">";
string data;
getline(cin, data);
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg)); //clear the buffer
strcpy(msg, data.c_str());
if(data == "exit")
{
//send to the client that server has closed the connection
send(clientSocketDescriptor, (char*)&msg, strlen(msg), 0);
break;
}
//send the message to client
bytesWritten += send(clientSocketDescriptor, (char*)&msg, strlen(msg), 0);
}*/
return 0;
}
void closeServer()
{
//we need to close the socket descriptors after we're all done
gettimeofday(&end1, NULL);
close(clientSocketDescriptor);
close(serverSocketDescriptor);
cout << "********Session********" << endl;
cout << "Bytes written: " << bytesWritten << " Bytes read: " << bytesRead << endl;
cout << "Elapsed time: " << (end1.tv_sec - start1.tv_sec)
<< " secs" << endl;
cout << "Connection closed..." << endl;
}
void closeClient()
{
gettimeofday(&end1, NULL);
close(clientSocketDescriptor);
cout << "********Session********" << endl;
cout << "Bytes written: " << bytesWritten <<
" Bytes read: " << bytesRead << endl;
cout << "Elapsed time: " << (end1.tv_sec- start1.tv_sec)
<< " secs" << endl;
cout << "Connection closed" << endl;
}
void setupClient()
{
//we need 2 things: ip address and port number, in that order
//if(argc != 3)
//{
// cerr << "Usage: ip_address port" << endl; exit(0);
//} //grab the IP address and port number
//create a message buffer
char msg[1024];
//setup a socket and connection tools
struct hostent* host = gethostbyname(IP_ADDRESS.c_str());
sockaddr_in sendSockAddr;
bzero((char*)&sendSockAddr, sizeof(sendSockAddr));
sendSockAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
sendSockAddr.sin_addr.s_addr =
inet_addr(inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr*)*host->h_addr_list));
sendSockAddr.sin_port = htons(PORT_NUM);
clientSocketDescriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
//try to connect...
int status = connect(clientSocketDescriptor,
(sockaddr*) &sendSockAddr, sizeof(sendSockAddr));
if(status < 0)
{
writeToFile("test.txt", "Error connecting to socket!");
}
writeToFile("test.txt", "Connected to the server!");
int bytesRead, bytesWritten = 0;
struct timeval start1, end1;
gettimeofday(&start1, NULL);
/*while(1)s
{
cout << ">";
string data;
getline(cin, data);
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));//clear the buffer
strcpy(msg, data.c_str());
if(data == "exit")
{
send(clientSd, (char*)&msg, strlen(msg), 0);
break;
}
bytesWritten += send(clientSd, (char*)&msg, strlen(msg), 0);
cout << "Awaiting server response..." << endl;
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));//clear the buffer
bytesRead += recv(clientSd, (char*)&msg, sizeof(msg), 0);
if(!strcmp(msg, "exit"))
{
cout << "Server has quit the session" << endl;
break;
}
cout << "Server: " << msg << endl;
}*/
}
//appends a line of text to the end of a given file. returns 0 if the file existed, 1 if it didn't work
int writeToFile(string path, string line, bool incLineNum)
{
ofstream file;
file.open(path, ios_base::app);//open the file in append mode
if (file.is_open())
{
file << line << endl;
//this probably would help but theres too much broken stuff right now to be sure
//if (incLineNum)
//{
// linePos++;
//}
return 0;
}
else
{
//do something if it didn't work
return 1;//i guess that's good enough for now
}
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
//doesnt fucking work
if (argc > 1 && argv[1][0] == 'c')
{
//client mode
mode = 2;
}
else
{
//server mode
mode = 1;
}
initscr();//creates stdscr. important step
use_default_colors();//this apparently tells it to use default terminal colors whenever there is no color attribute applied
//printw("Starting server...");
//you have to do this to make the scrolling still work correctly if there was already content in the log file
linePos = linesInFile("test.txt") - LOG_LENGTH + 1;
char *userInput = new char[1024];
bool exit = false;
if (mode == 2)
{
writeToFile("test.txt", "CLIENT MODE");
setupClient();
}
else if (mode == 1)
{
writeToFile("test.txt", "SERVER MODE");
setupServer(PORT_NUM);
}
while (!exit)
{
displayFile("test.txt", linePos, LOG_LENGTH);
//scroll along the screen if and when required so that it stays in sync
if (linesInFile("test.txt") > LOG_LENGTH)
{
linePos++;
}
move(12, 0);
printw("> ");
getstr(userInput);
writeToFile("test.txt", userInput);
if (mode == 1)
{
send(clientSocketDescriptor, (char*)&userInput, strlen(userInput), 0);
}
else
{
send(clientSocketDescriptor, (char*)&userInput, strlen(userInput), 0);
}
}
endwin();
closeServer();
return 0;
}
//Server side
int main_old(int argc, char *argv[])
{
//for the server, we only need to specify a port number
if(argc != 2)
{
cerr << "Usage: port" << endl;
exit(0);
}
//grab the port number
int port = atoi(argv[1]);
//buffer to send and receive messages with
char msg[1500];
//setup a socket and connection tools
sockaddr_in servAddr;
bzero((char*)&servAddr, sizeof(servAddr));
servAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
servAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
servAddr.sin_port = htons(port);
//open stream oriented socket with internet address
//also keep track of the socket descriptor
int serverSd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if(serverSd < 0)
{
cerr << "Error establishing the server socket" << endl;
exit(0);
}
//bind the socket to its local address
int bindStatus = bind(serverSd, (struct sockaddr*) &servAddr,
sizeof(servAddr));
if(bindStatus < 0)
{
cerr << "Error binding socket to local address" << endl;
exit(0);
}
cout << "Waiting for a client to connect..." << endl;
//listen for up to 5 requests at a time
listen(serverSd, 5);
//receive a request from client using accept
//we need a new address to connect with the client
sockaddr_in newSockAddr;
socklen_t newSockAddrSize = sizeof(newSockAddr);
//accept, create a new socket descriptor to
//handle the new connection with client
int newSd = accept(serverSd, (sockaddr *)&newSockAddr, &newSockAddrSize);
if(newSd < 0)
{
cerr << "Error accepting request from client!" << endl;
exit(1);
}
cout << "Connected with client!" << endl;
//lets keep track of the session time
struct timeval start1, end1;
gettimeofday(&start1, NULL);
//also keep track of the amount of data sent as well
int bytesRead, bytesWritten = 0;
while(1)
{
//receive a message from the client (listen)
cout << "Awaiting client response..." << endl;
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));//clear the buffer
bytesRead += recv(newSd, (char*)&msg, sizeof(msg), 0);
if(!strcmp(msg, "exit"))
{
cout << "Client has quit the session" << endl;
break;
}
cout << "Client: " << msg << endl;
cout << ">";
string data;
getline(cin, data);
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg)); //clear the buffer
strcpy(msg, data.c_str());
if(data == "exit")
{
//send to the client that server has closed the connection
send(newSd, (char*)&msg, strlen(msg), 0);
break;
}
//send the message to client
bytesWritten += send(newSd, (char*)&msg, strlen(msg), 0);
}
//we need to close the socket descriptors after we're all done
gettimeofday(&end1, NULL);
close(newSd);
close(serverSd);
cout << "********Session********" << endl;
cout << "Bytes written: " << bytesWritten << " Bytes read: " << bytesRead << endl;
cout << "Elapsed time: " << (end1.tv_sec - start1.tv_sec)
<< " secs" << endl;
cout << "Connection closed..." << endl;
return 0;
}