Welcome to chatterflow’s documentation!

chatterflow is a simple, terminal-based chat application with user authentication and private messaging, built with Python sockets.

Features

• User Authentication: Secure registration and login system.

• Password Hashing: Passwords are securely hashed using PBKDF2.

• Public Chat: Broadcast messages to all connected users.

• Private Messaging: Send private messages to specific users.

• User List: View a list of all online users.

• Multi-client Support: The server uses threading to handle multiple clients concurrently.

Contents:

• Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Steps
• Usage
  • 1. Start the Server
  • 2. Start the Client
  • Commands
• Testing
• chatterflow
• API Reference
• chatterflow package
  • Submodules
  • chatterflow.cli module
  • chatterflow.client module
  • chatterflow.server module
  • Module contents