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Learning Python Networking

You're reading from   Learning Python Networking Utilize Python 3 to get network applications up and running quickly and easily

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784396008
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Network Programming and Python 2. HTTP and Working with the Web FREE CHAPTER 3. APIs in Action 4. Engaging with E-mails 5. Interacting with Remote Systems 6. IP and DNS 7. Programming with Sockets 8. Client and Server Applications 9. Applications for the Web A. Working with Wireshark Index

A multithreaded chat client


Now that we have a new, all receiving and broadcasting chat server, we just need a client to go with it. We have mentioned before that we will hit a problem with our procedural client when trying to listen for both network data and user input at the same time. Well, now that we have some idea of how to employ threads, we can have a go at addressing this. Create a new text file called 2.2-chat_client-multithread.py and save the following code in it:

import sys, socket, threading
import tincanchat

HOST = sys.argv[-1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '127.0.0.1'
PORT = tincanchat.PORT

def handle_input(sock):
    """ Prompt user for message and send it to server """    
    print("Type messages, enter to send. 'q' to quit")
    while True:
        msg = input()  # Blocks
        if msg == 'q':
            sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
            sock.close()
            break
        try:
            tincanchat.send_msg(sock, msg)  # Blocks until sent
        except...
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