UDP chat-server configuration for single-client use
Client-side implementation of single-client chat using UDP socket
// This code is written by Souvik Ghosh
// Client Program
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#define BUFLEN 512
#define PORT 8888
void die(char *s)
{
perror(s);
exit(1);
}
void *send_msg(void *arg)
{
struct sockaddr_in si_other;
int s, slen=sizeof(si_other);
if ( (s=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) == -1)
{
die("socket");
}
memset((char *) &si_other, 0, sizeof(si_other));
si_other.sin_family = AF_INET;
si_other.sin_port = htons(PORT);
if (inet_aton("127.0.0.1",&si_other.sin_addr) == 0)
{
fprintf(stderr,"inet_aton() failed\n");
exit(1);
}
while(1)
{
char message[BUFLEN];
fflush(stdin);
fgets(message, BUFLEN, stdin);
//send the message
if (sendto(s, message, strlen(message) , 0 , (struct sockaddr *) &si_other, slen)==-1)
{
die("sendto()");
}
if(strncmp(message,"bye",3)==0)
exit(0);
}
}
void *recv_msg(void *arg)
{
struct sockaddr_in si_me, si_other;
int s, i, slen = sizeof(si_other) , recv_len;
if ((s=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) == -1)
{
die("socket");
}
memset((char *) &si_me, 0, sizeof(si_me));
si_me.sin_family = AF_INET;
si_me.sin_port = htons(PORT);
si_me.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.2");
if( bind(s , (struct sockaddr*)&si_me, sizeof(si_me) ) == -1)
{
die("bind");
}
while(1)
{
char buf[BUFLEN];
fflush(stdout);
//try to receive some data, this is a blocking call
if ((recv_len = recvfrom(s, buf, BUFLEN, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &si_other, &slen)) == -1)
{
die("recvfrom()");
}
//print details of the client/peer and the data received
printf("Received packet from %s: %d\n",inet_ntoa(si_other.sin_addr), ntohs(si_other.sin_port));
printf("Server: %s\n",buf);
if(strncmp(buf,"bye",3)==0)
exit(0);
}
}
int main(void)
{
pthread_t thread1, thread2;
if(pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, send_msg, NULL))
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error creating thread\n");
return 1;
}
if(pthread_create(&thread2, NULL, recv_msg, NULL))
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error creating thread\n");
return 1;
}
pthread_join(thread1, NULL);
pthread_join(thread2, NULL);
return 0;
}
Server-side implementation of single-client chat using UDP socket
// This code is written by Souvik Ghosh
// Server program
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#define BUFLEN 512
#define PORT 8888
void die(char *s)
{
perror(s);
exit(1);
}
void *send_msg(void *arg)
{
struct sockaddr_in si_other;
int s, slen=sizeof(si_other);
if ( (s=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) == -1)
{
die("socket");
}
memset((char *) &si_other, 0, sizeof(si_other));
si_other.sin_family = AF_INET;
si_other.sin_port = htons(PORT);
if (inet_aton("127.0.0.2",&si_other.sin_addr) == 0)
{
fprintf(stderr, "inet_aton() failed\n");
exit(1);
}
while(1)
{
char message[BUFLEN];
fflush(stdin);
fgets(message, BUFLEN, stdin);
//send the message
if (sendto(s, message, strlen(message) , 0 , (struct sockaddr *) &si_other, slen)==-1)
{
die("sendto()");
}
if(strncmp(message,"bye",3)==0)
exit(0);
}
}
void *recv_msg(void *arg)
{
struct sockaddr_in si_me, si_other;
int s, i, slen = sizeof(si_other) , recv_len;
if ((s=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) == -1)
{
die("socket");
}
memset((char *) &si_me, 0, sizeof(si_me));
si_me.sin_family = AF_INET;
si_me.sin_port = htons(PORT);
si_me.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1");
if( bind(s , (struct sockaddr*)&si_me, sizeof(si_me) ) == -1)
{
die("bind");
}
while(1)
{
char buf[BUFLEN];
fflush(stdout);
//try to receive some data, this is a blocking call
if ((recv_len = recvfrom(s, buf, BUFLEN, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &si_other, &slen)) == -1)
{
die("recvfrom()");
}
//print details of the client/peer and the data received
printf("Received packet from %s: %d\n", inet_ntoa(si_other.sin_addr), ntohs(si_other.sin_port));
printf("Client: %s\n", buf);
if(strncmp(buf,"bye",3)==0){
exit(0);
}
}
}
int main(void)
{
pthread_t thread1, thread2;
if(pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, send_msg, NULL))
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error creating thread\n");
return 1;
}
if(pthread_create(&thread2, NULL, recv_msg, NULL))
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error creating thread\n");
return 1;
}
pthread_join(thread1, NULL);
pthread_join(thread2, NULL);
return 0;
}
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