mysocks

mysocks

This repository contains my work on socket programming. The goal of this project is to provide a python package based on socket programming that can enable developers to create server-client backend for seamless and secure multiple file transfers, group chats, etc.

Prerequisites

Windows (Python3.x)

Installing dependencies

Note: You can skip this step, if you are installing the packages. Dependencies are listed below and in the requirements.txt file.

• tqdm

Install one of python package managers in your distro. If you install pip, then you can install the dependencies by running pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Directory Structure

• mysocks/ - Package folder which contains all the code files corresponding to package

TODO: Write example files for easy understanding

• examples/ - Contains examples on how to use the package

Details of the package

• utilities.py - Contains helper functions for the package
• file_transfer - Code to transfer files. Contains two classes for sending/receiving files.
  • 1 - send_files
  • 2 - receive_files

TODO: Examples

Have a look at examples/ directory.

Documentation

Code documentation can be found here

Installation

A setup.py file is provided in the repository. You can run python3 setup.py install to install it at system level. If you don't have privileges to do so, you can install it at user level by running python3 setup.py install --user.

Contributing to the repository.

• If you find any problem with the code, please feel free to open an issue.
• Found something you can improve, please send me a pull request with your changes. I will be more than happy to review and approve them.

Contacting me

You can send an email to [e-mail]

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