#! /bin/bash import socket, threading, time, msvcrt print "Please enter the following information" _url = raw_input("URL: ") _port = raw_input("Port: ") print "Starting IIM client on port: " + _port socketOut = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) socketOut.connect((_url, int(_port))) # clear screen here print "Enter your user details" _from = raw_input("User id: ") _to = raw_input("Buddy id: ") print '\n' print "Connecting to server..." print '\n' # send user details and receive response socketOut.sendall('@@@'+_from+'##'+_to) response = socketOut.recv(8192) def listener(): while 1: time.sleep(5) socketOut.sendall('$$$'+_from) response = socketOut.recv(8192) if response != " ": print "\n" + response if response == 'AUTH_OK': data = "" th = threading.Thread(target=listener) th.setDaemon(1) th.start() print "Background polling thread started" while 1: if msvcrt.kbhit(): ch = msvcrt.getche() else: ch = None if ch: if ch != '\r': data += ch else: print '\n' socketOut.sendall('###'+_from+'##'+data) response = socketOut.recv(8192) if response != " ": print response data = "" else: print "Auhentication failed!" socketOut.close()