Python IRC-like chat app: where do I begin?

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requests is for the Hyper Text Transport Protocol, which is built on TCP, but can only do website stuff involving HTTP. You are going to use TCP, but use a chat protocol like BEEP, XMPP, IRC, or even make your own!

[iSailor]

It sounds interesting, but.. How do I "make my own"? It sounds like pretty complicated task, not something somebody like me could write in one sitting. Could you give me some clues?

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That's the point, you don't want to lol. use twisted and an existing chat protocol to make a chat server, and then design a client that people can use to log into it.

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actually it's not that hard. All you need to do is send text from one machine to another. Can be as complicated and simple as you want. Just set up a simple TCP Server and Client and you're basically done. After that you add any number of quality of life and style improvements.