[v0.4]Chatango Client & Tinychat Client w/ Library

[MegaLoler]

I wrote a Tinychat connection library in Python and terminal-interface to go with it. Then I ported it to work with Chatango.

Screenshots:

SPOILER: Click to show

I know it works in Mac OS X and Linux. I'm sure it will work on any Unix like system. I'm not sure if it will work in Windows because the program uses the curses library and the DOS prompt doesn't support the same kinds of manipulations. Maybe it will work in Cygwin? I can't test it because I don't have Windows, so I don't know.

Chatango Client [v0.4]
Active Development
The client: pastebin.com/DrrNNbUc
It depends on this library by Lumirayz: github.com/theholder/ch.py

This is the one that I have mainly been working on.

Note: From my experience, when people use non ascii characters in the chat, it crashes the chatango library. Apparently not everyone has this problem, though. I fixed by changing the two lines labeled "# numnumz ;3" to this: self._process(food.decode("ascii", "ignore").rstrip("\r\n"))

Features:
- Graphical command line interface via Curses
- Multiple chatroom management
- Private message support
- Raw chat logging
- Name and font color setting
- Styled messages via HTML in raw mode
- Intentional HTML misparsing (as Tempy puts it) via raw mode
- Paging users (queues messages to send to users the next time they are seen)
- Secret messages with disguises (sends secret messages that only people with the same client can see, other chatters will only see the "disguise" message)

Coming Soon Features:
- Better message styling in the console (bold, underline, blink, and reverse tags will be recognized and show up)
- Separate screen for private messages (currently you can only private message users that are in a chatroom that you are in)
- Friends list integration
- Secret private messages (like secret messages, except you can choose so that only certain people with the same client can see them)
- Commands for moderators/admins
- Custom skins
- Configuration file
- Log loading (allows you to review the local chat log)
- Miscellaneous features
- Bug fixes (always)

Known Bugs:
- User list doesn't update until an event occurs
- Leaving a chatroom sometimes crashes
- Pages to yourself do not show up in Echo mode, nor do any messages that you say on a separate connection
- Received private messages only show up in the current chat room
- Sometimes large messages mess up the screen

Help:
Here's to get an idea of the general usage:
Taken from the /help command:

Press TAB to switch between the three text fields at the bottom. Type in room names on the left to connect to rooms. Once connected, type in messages in the middle. Type in private messages on the right. To toggle between open rooms press ` (under the escape key on US layouts). To toggle between private message recipients press ~ (the same as before but with shift). The selected recipient will be highlighted in red. Type /commands in the middle when connected to a room to get a list of commands that you can use. Press ESC twice to exit the client.

Tinychat Client and Library [v0.1]
Inactive Development
The client: pastebin.com/iLVfKYkP
Tinychat library: pastebin.com/aVJuiLK4
The library depends on this RTMP library: shiftlock.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/rtmp-library-for-python/
And the RTMP library in turn depends on this AMF library: www.pyamf.org/index.html

I was accidentally banned from Tinychat due to a spam bug in some code I was testing... so I have no way to work on this one further.

[nmagain]

hey, that's really damn cool. nice job man.

[MegaLoler]

I ported it to work with Chatango. It is here: pastebin.com/JsRqDC4e EDIT: Use the link in the first post so I don't have to update two posts every time I change something.

It works and looks basically the same way. There is a major issue with the user list though. I think it has to do with a bug in the Chatango library, or maybe I'm just interpreting it incorrectly. It is also a bit lacking in message styling.

[ADADizzle]

S it seems like the client github.com/theholder/ch.py is down do you happend to have the code that allows it to still run or is it a dud now?

[QwertyuiopThePie]

The one by Lumirayz, or the one Nullspeaker fixed? Cause the one by Lumirayz is outdated now, use Nullspeaker's. You're gonna wanna update that link to github.com/Nullspeaker/ch.py

Also, there any places to get curses.py on Windows, or is curses the only Linux-exclusive thing in existence? I'd really rather not dual-boot for the sole purpose of using a chat client.

[~Memzak~]

Nice. Any chance you could add the feature of going through a proxy server somewhere in the future? The would help my cause greatly. >_>

[ADADizzle]

Sorry guys I'm very computer savy about python and this but just can't seem to get this version to work sorry< I really think its just something that works for the Megaloler guy.

[QwertyuiopThePie]

You probably aren't using linux. This one relies on a library called Curses, which is only for Linux.

[ADADizzle]

Well i only tryed Ubuntu and I even typed in python ion the terminal to see if that executed it but, no. So I had a couple friends see they could get it to function and on Zorian and Bt5 it still doesn't work. So i think maybe its either old links Tc doesnt use any more or it isn't properly scripted. And I even ported the lib on a site to substitute but nah.

[QwertyuiopThePie]

Hm, no idea then. Maybe it's just outdated?

[~Memzak~]

Just discovered that there is a very nice library that could allow python things to connect via proxies...

I'l probably attempt to merge it with this's code at a later stage... but at the moment my final exams have begun and I think I should start 'studying'.

[asl97]

sorry for bumping this topic, i want to ask if you mind if i port the chatango client to python3 and well, do those things on the todo list?
if i am right, i should be able to do those listed below:

moderator commands and features
secret messages to individual people instead of everyone as well(using custom settings)
automated responses, and preprogrammed/saved messages, etc(this will be easy)
away feature that tells people you are away if you are away and someone says yourname (same way as the automated responses)
saving/loading settings(should be easy)
OUTPUT MACROS! (this should be very very easy)
working on python 3.2(that what i want to do! :D )

i think i check back in maybe a day to check if i got a reply, i really hope you don't mind me porting it and releasing it for everyone to use

[QwertyuiopThePie]

I really doubt MegaLoler would care, but he hasn't been around for quite awhile now. I doubt he'll see this.

[asl97]

well, in that case, i will take it as i am allow to port it then

link to the python3.2 version of the client: pastebin.com/L0ix6kaX

a lot of things are broken but i am fixing it, see there for update.

broken:
/msg (i think only this is broken)

i am asl97 on chatango too, pm me if you want to ask anything, i maybe check again in a few days, after i fix my own bot and other things

[Friend]

Hello, i need help, who can make a youtube bot for tinychat ? idk anything about bots -.-
some rooms have a bot , when 1 user type this !yt + (youtube link ) the video stars automatically
i want a bot like that for my room anyone can help me please ? my email is : [e-mail]