Update 'README.md'

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # rumes
 
-A TCP based P2P mesenging CLI Application
+A TCP based P2P mesenging CLI Application
+
+> its not P2P yet but i am working on it.
+
+Don't take this Project seriously, i am just using it to learn TCP sockets and the Tokio librery

src/main.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Parse command-line arguments
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     if args.len() != 3 {
         println!("Usage: {} [server|client] [addr:port]", args[0]);
@@ -27,73 +29,92 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 }
 
 async fn start_server(addr: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Start the TCP listener
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr).await?;
-
     println!("Server listening on {}", addr);
 
+    // Shared data for client connections
     let clients: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<SocketAddr, String>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
 
     loop {
+        // Accept a new client connection
         let (mut socket, client_addr) = listener.accept().await?;
 
+        // Read username from the client
         let mut buf = vec![0; 1024];
-        socket.read(&mut buf).await?;
+        let n = socket.read(&mut buf).await?;
-    
+        let username = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[..n]).trim().to_string();
-        let username = String::from_utf8(buf.clone()).unwrap();
 
         println!("Accepted connection from {}", client_addr);
 
         let clients_shared = Arc::clone(&clients);
 
-        clients_shared.lock().unwrap().insert(client_addr, username);
+        // Insert client into the shared HashMap
+        clients_shared.lock().await.insert(client_addr, username.clone());
 
+        // Clone the HashMap and release the lock
+        let clients_map = clients_shared.lock().await.clone();
+
+        // Spawn a new task for each client connection
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let mut buf = vec![0; 1024];
 
             loop {
                 let n = match socket.read(&mut buf).await {
                     Ok(n) if n == 0 => {
-                        let username = clients_shared.lock().unwrap().remove(&client_addr).unwrap_or("Unknown".to_string());
+                        // Client disconnected
+                        let username = clients_shared.lock().await.remove(&client_addr).unwrap_or("Unknown".to_string());
                         println!("Client {} ({}) disconnected!", username, client_addr);
                         return;
-                    },
+                    }
                     Ok(n) => n,
                     Err(e) => {
-                        eprintln!("failed to read from socket; err = {:?}", e);
+                        eprintln!("Failed to read from socket; err = {:?}", e);
                         return;
                     }
                 };
 
-                let username = clients_shared.lock().unwrap().get(&client_addr).unwrap_or(&"Unknown".to_string()).clone();
+                let username = clients_map.get(&client_addr).unwrap_or(&"Unknown".to_string()).clone();
 
-                println!("Received message from {} ({}): {}",
+                let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[..n]).to_string();
-                    username,
+                println!(
+                    "Received message from ({})\n{}: {}",
                     client_addr,
-                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[..n]));
+                    username,
-
+                    message
-                if let Err(e) = socket.write_all(&buf[0..n]).await {
+                );
-                    eprintln!("failed to write to socket; err = {:?}", e);
-                    return;
-                }
             }
         });
     }
 }
 
 async fn start_client(addr: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Connect to the server
     let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
-    
+
     println!("Enter a username: ");
-    let mut username = String::new(); 
+    let mut username = String::new();
-    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut username)?;
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(tokio::io::stdin());
-    
+    reader.read_line(&mut username).await?;
-    stream.write_all(username.as_bytes()).await?;
+
+    // Send username to the server
+    stream.write_all(username.trim().as_bytes()).await?;
 
     println!("Connected to server at {}", addr);
-    let mut input = String::new();
     loop {
-        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut input)?;
+        let mut input = String::new();
-        stream.write_all(input.as_bytes()).await?;
+        reader.read_line(&mut input).await?;
-        input.clear();
+
+        let trimmed_input = input.trim();
+
+        if trimmed_input.is_empty() {
+            println!("Empty message. Please enter a non-empty message.");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        stream.write_all(trimmed_input.as_bytes()).await?;
+
+        // Print sent message
+        println!("Sent message from {}: {}", username.trim(), trimmed_input);
     }
 }