Client

group_terminal.client.ChatClient

ChatClient(username: str, host: str = 'localhost', port: int = 8723, **terminal_kwargs)

Bases: MessageSender

Terminal-based chat client for testing and demonstration purposes.

Provides a Rich-based terminal interface for interacting with a group of users and services connected to a ChatServer instance. Intended for testing and demonstration only, not for production use in applications. The client is typically started from the command line using: python -m group_terminal.client --username <username>.

Note

This client uses termios for terminal control and is Unix-specific. It will not work on Windows systems.

Initialize the chat client.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
username	str	The name of the this client's user.	required
host	str	The hostname or IP address of the chat server.	'localhost'
port	int	The port number of the chat server.	8723

connect async

connect() -> bool

Connect to the chat server.

join async

join()

Join a connected client until disconnected.