This project is about creating an IRC server in c++98.
The server must be able to handle multiple clients at the same time. You should choose a specific client that must works with your server, like it works with the real IRC servers. We choose hexchat for this project.
It must be able to handle the following commands:
- NICK
- JOIN
- PART
- KICK
- MODE (only channel modes)
- PRIVMSG
- INVITE
- QUIT
- TOPIC The rest of the commands are optional.
To compile the server, run make in the root of the repository. This will create a binary called ircserv.
To run the server, run ./ircserv <port> <password>. The server will listen on the specified port.
To connect to the server, run nc <ip> <port>.
The bonus part is to implement the file transfer protocol DCC and a bot. For file transfer we choose to implement the DCC SEND command. For the bot we choose to implement a pokemon minigame where you can catch pokemons in the channel. Here the list of pokemon commands:
/poke #<channel-name> spawn- spawn a random pokemon in the channel./poke #<channel-name> catch- try to catch a pokemon, each pokemon has a different catch rate, after 4 tries the pokemon will run away./poke #<channel-name> pokedex- list all the pokemons only for you./poke #<channel-name> pokedex all- list all the pokemons for everyone. About the file transfer, you can send a file to a user using the integratedsendcommand of private chat in hexchat. You can also send a file using nc with the following command:
PRIVMSG <client> :DCC SEND <filename> <ip> <port>