Working fifo input now.

foobar/kiss.py

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+import queue
+import os
+import time
+import threading
+import re
+
+def main():
+    print("Hello There")
+
+    que = queue.Queue()
+    event = threading.Event()
+    config = {'output': '/tmp/test_out', 'input': '/tmp/test_in'}
+
+    #input(que)
+    input_thread = threading.Thread(target=handle_input, args=(que, event, config))
+    input_thread.daemon = True
+    input_thread.start()
+
+    #output(que)
+    output_thread = threading.Thread(target=handle_output, args=(que, event, config))
+    output_thread.daemon = True
+    output_thread.start()
+
+    countdown(config, event)
+
+def countdown(config, event):
+    print(f"Speak to: {config['input']}")
+    print(f"Output is going to be: {config['output']}")
+    num = 0
+    while not event.is_set():
+        print(f"wait till full: {num}/~", end='\r')
+        time.sleep(0.5) 
+        num = num + 1
+    print("\nDone!")
+
+def handle_input(que, event, config):
+    file = config['input']
+    try:
+        os.mkfifo(file)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+    with open(file, 'r') as in_fifo:
+        while not event.is_set():
+            fifo_read = in_fifo.readline().rsplit('\n')
+            if not fifo_read:
+                continue
+            message = fifo_read
+            que.put(message)
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+def handle_output(que, event, config):
+    file = config['output']
+    with open(file, 'a') as out_file:
+        while not event.is_set():
+            try:
+                message = que.get()
+            except queue.Empty:
+                continue
+            if message == "":
+                continue
+            elif 'EXIT' in message:
+                event.set()
+                out_file.write(f"{time.time()} | Bye!\r\n")
+                out_file.flush()
+            else:
+                out_file.write(f"{time.time()} | {message[0]}\r\n")
+                out_file.flush()
+                time.sleep(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+    print("Bye now!")
+    exit(0)

ircthing.py

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+"""
+My attempt to mimic Suckless.org's ii (irc it) software
+"""
+import sys
+import time
+import multiprocessing
+from ircthing_core import irc_router, connect_to_irc_server
+from ircthing_utils import read_config, cli_args, base_path
+
+Processes = {}
+Stop_Toggle = multiprocessing.Event()
+
+
+def clean_exit():
+    """
+    Sets the Stop_Toggle event to signal clean exit.
+    """
+    Stop_Toggle.set()
+
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Main function to initialize irc connections specified on the configuration file.
+
+    This will run each irc server connection in invidual sub process.
+    Hold the process handlers on list.
+    Kill them with Stop_Toggle.
+    """
+    root_path = base_path()
+
+    # Get configuration file path if given
+    config_path = "config.ini"
+    argument = cli_args()
+    if argument:
+        config_path = argument
+    # Read configuration
+    network_configs = read_config(config_path)
+
+    ## Get irc socket for each network in configuration
+    ## Start thread for each socket
+    for network in network_configs:
+        net_name = network["net_name"]
+        server = network["server"]
+        port = network["port"]
+        nickname = network["nickname"]
+        password = network["password"]
+
+        print(f"{time.time()} | Found configs for {net_name} network.")
+        irc_socket, fifo_files, network_dir = connect_to_irc_server(
+            root_path, net_name, server, port, nickname, password
+        )
+
+        router_instance = irc_router(
+            fifo_files, irc_socket, server, nickname, network_dir
+        )
+        Processes[net_name] = multiprocessing.Process(target=router_instance.start)
+        Processes[net_name].daemon = True
+        Processes[net_name].start()
+
+    # Wait for all the sub processes to end.
+    for process in Processes.values():
+        process.join()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(f"{time.time()} | Lets start!")
+    try:
+        main()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Got error {e}")
+    finally:
+        clean_exit()
+        print(f"{time.time()} | Bye!")
+        sys.exit(0)

ircthing3.py

@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-import threading
-import os
-import sys
-import time
-import socket
-import configparser
-from ircthing_core import irc_router
-
-Threads = {}
-Stop_Toggle = threading.Event()
-
-def read_config(config_path):
-    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config.read(config_path)
-
-    network_configs = []
-
-    try:
-        # Collect information from each topic / network
-        for topic in config.sections():
-            network = config[topic]
-            server = network.get("server")
-            port = network.getint("port")
-            channels = network.get("channels", fallback=None)
-            nickname = network.get("nickname")
-            password = network.get("password", fallback=None)
-
-            network_config = {
-                "net_name": network.name,
-                "server": server,
-                "port": port,
-                "channels": channels,
-                "nickname": nickname,
-                "password": password,
-            }
-            network_configs.append(network_config)
-        return network_configs
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Failure while reading configuration file. {e}")
-        exit(1)
-
-def clean_exit(fifo_files, socket):
-    socket.send(bytes(f"QUIT :Bye\r\n", "UTF-8"))
-    Stop_Toggle.set()
-    for file in fifo_files:
-        try:
-            os.unlink(file)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            # We are okay if some fifo files has been removed before this.
-            pass
-
-def make_files(path, net_name):
-
-    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
-    server_dir = os.path.join(path, net_name)
-    os.makedirs(server_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    try:
-        os.mkfifo(f"{server_dir}/in")
-    except FileExistsError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        os.mkfifo(f"{server_dir}/out")
-    except FileExistsError:
-        pass
-    fifo_files = []
-    fifo_files.append(f"{server_dir}/in")
-    fifo_files.append(f"{server_dir}/out")
-    return fifo_files
-
-def connect_to_irc_server(
-    base_path,
-    net_name,
-    server,
-    port,
-    nickname,
-    password=None,
-):
-
-    print(f"Going to connect to: {server}")
-    # Create a socket connection to the IRC server
-    irc_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    irc_socket.connect((server, port))
-
-    # Send the server password if provided
-    if password:
-        irc_socket.send(bytes(f"PASS {password}\r\n", "UTF-8"))
-
-    print(f"Going to use username: {nickname}")
-    # Send user and nickname information to the server
-    irc_socket.send(bytes(f"USER {nickname} 0 * :{nickname}\r\n", "UTF-8"))
-    irc_socket.send(bytes(f"NICK {nickname}\r\n", "UTF-8"))
-
-    # Create directories for the server and channel
-    fifo_files = make_files(base_path, net_name)
-
-    return irc_socket, fifo_files
-
-def main():
-    my_name = sys.argv[0]
-    my_name_pyless, _ = os.path.splitext(my_name)
-    base_path = f'/tmp/{my_name_pyless}'
-
-    config_path = '../ircthing3.ini'
-
-    # Read configurations for all topics
-    network_configs = read_config(config_path)
-
-    ## Get irc socket for each network in configuration
-    ## Start thread for each socket 
-    
-    for network in network_configs:
-        net_name = network["net_name"]
-        print(f"{time.time()} | Found configs for {net_name} network.")
-        server = network["server"]
-        port = network["port"]
-        nickname = network["nickname"]
-        password = network["password"]
-        irc_socket, fifo_files = connect_to_irc_server(base_path, net_name, server, port, nickname, password)
-
-        router_instance = irc_router(fifo_files, irc_socket, server, nickname)
-        Threads[net_name] = threading.Thread(target=router_instance.start)
-        Threads[net_name].daemon = True
-        Threads[net_name].start()
-
-    for thread in Threads.values():
-        print(thread)
-        thread.join()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print(f"{time.time()} | Lets start!")
-    try:
-        main()
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Got error {e}")
-    finally:
-        print(f"{time.time()} | Bye!")
-        exit(0)

ircthing_core.py

@@ -1,92 +1,141 @@
 import time
 import re
-import asyncio
+import socket
 import os
+from ircthing_utils import make_files
+from threading import Thread, Event
+
+
+def connect_to_irc_server(
+    base_path,
+    net_name,
+    server,
+    port,
+    nickname,
+    password=None,
+):
+
+    print(f"Going to connect to: {server}")
+    # Create a socket connection to the IRC server
+    irc_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    irc_socket.connect((server, port))
+
+    # Send the server password if provided
+    if password:
+        irc_socket.send(bytes(f"PASS {password}\r\n", "UTF-8"))
+
+    print(f"Going to use username: {nickname}")
+    # Send user and nickname information to the server
+    irc_socket.send(bytes(f"USER {nickname} 0 * :{nickname}\r\n", "UTF-8"))
+    irc_socket.send(bytes(f"NICK {nickname}\r\n", "UTF-8"))
+
+    # Create directories for the server and channel
+    fifo_files, network_path = make_files(base_path, net_name)
+
+    return irc_socket, fifo_files, network_path
+
 
 class irc_router:
-    def __init__(self, fifo_files, irc_socket, server, nickname):
+
+    def __init__(self, fifo_files, irc_socket, server, nickname, network_dir):
         self.fifo_files = fifo_files
         self.irc_socket = irc_socket
         self.server = server
         self.nickname = nickname
+        self.network_dir = network_dir
         self.channels = []
-        self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        self.threads = []
+        self.disconnect_toggle = Event()
 
     def start(self):
-        try:
-            asyncio.set_event_loop(self._loop)
-            tasks = [self.user_listener(), self.irc_message_loop()]
-            self._loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*tasks))
-        finally:
+        self.start_threads()
+
         for file in self.fifo_files:
             try:
                 os.close(file)
             except:
                 # Errors are okay at this point.
                 pass
-            self._loop.close()
+        self.irc_send("QUIT")
 
-    ## Main loop for reading irc inflow and routing to correct _out fifos.
-    ## Also handle ping/pong here
-    async def irc_message_loop(self):
-        output_files=[]
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-        while True:
+    def start_threads(self):
+        user_listener_thread = Thread(target=self.user_listener)
+        irc_listener_thread = Thread(target=self.irc_message_loop)
 
-            for output in self.fifo_files:
-                if output.endswith('out'):
-                    if output not in output_files:
-                        print(f"{time.time()} | {self.server} has output file: {output}")
-                        output_files.append(output)   
+        self.threads.append(user_listener_thread)
+        self.threads.append(irc_listener_thread)
+
+        # start the threads
+        for thread in self.threads:
+            thread.start()
+
+        # wait for all the threads to reach end
+        for thread in self.threads:
+            thread.join()
+
+    def get_output_fifos(self):
+        output_fifos = []
+        for fifo in self.fifo_files:
+            if fifo.endswith("out") and fifo not in output_fifos:
+                output_fifos.append(fifo)
+        return output_fifos
+
+    def write_to_server_out(self, message):
+        server_out = os.path.join(self.network_dir, "out")
+        if os.access(server_out, os.W_OK):
+            self.write_to_out(server_out, message)
+        else:
+            print(f"{time.time()} | {self.server} | {message}")
+
+    def irc_message_loop(self):
+        while not self.disconnect_toggle.is_set():
 
             try:
-                irc_input = await loop.sock_recv(self.irc_socket, 2048)
+                irc_input = self.irc_socket.recv(2048)
                 irc_input = irc_input.decode("utf-8")
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error reading from socket: {e}")
                 continue
 
             if irc_input:
-                ## 
-                ## The main logic hapens here.
-                ## support for channel joins
-                ## and spliting the input to channel specifig channel/[in, out] locations
-                ##
+                self.handle_irc_input(irc_input)
+            time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    def handle_irc_input(self, irc_input):
         if "PING" in irc_input:
             self.irc_send(f"PONG :{self.server}")
-                    self.write_to_out(output_files[0], f"{time.time()} | ping/pong")
-                    continue
+            self.write_to_server_out("ping/pong")
+        elif f":{self.server} 353" in irc_input:
+            self.handle_channel_join(irc_input)
+        elif "PRIVMSG" in irc_input:
+            self.handle_privmsg(irc_input)
+        else:
+            self.write_to_server_out(irc_input)
 
-                if f":{self.server} 353" in irc_input:
+    def handle_channel_join(self, irc_input):
         ## We have joined a channel!
-                    match = re.search(r'353 \S+ = (#\S+)', irc_input)
-                    channel_join = match.group(1)
-                    await self.make_files(channel_join)
-                    continue
+        channel = re.search(r"353 \S+ = (#\S+)", irc_input).group(1)
+        self.make_files(channel)
 
-                if "PRIVMSG" in irc_input:
-                    if self.if_input_belongs_to_channel(irc_input):
-                        continue
+    def handle_privmsg(self, irc_input):
+        if not self.input_belongs_to_channel(irc_input):
+            self.write_to_server_out(irc_input)
 
-                self.write_to_out(output_files[0], irc_input)
-
-            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
-
-    def if_input_belongs_to_channel(self, input):
+    def input_belongs_to_channel(self, input):
+        output_files = self.get_output_fifos()
         # We know that input includes "PRIVMSG"
         # But to where it shoudl go?
-        message = re.search(r':.*:(.*)', input).group(1)
-        input_user = re.search(r'^:(\S+)', input).group(1)
-        input_channel = re.search(r'PRIVMSG (\S+) :', input)
-        done=False
-        for file in self.fifo_files:
-            if input_channel.group(1) in file:
-                if file.endswith("out"):
+        message = re.search(r":.*:(.*)", input).group(1)
+        input_user = re.search(r"^:(\S+)", input).group(1)
+        input_channel = re.search(r"PRIVMSG (\S+) :", input).group(1)
+        done = False
+        for file in output_files:
+            if input_channel in file:
                 self.write_to_out(file, f"{input_user}: {message}")
-                    done=True
+                done = True
         return done
 
-    async def make_files(self, channel):
+    def make_files(self, channel):
         network_path = os.path.dirname(self.fifo_files[1])
         channel_dir = os.path.join(network_path, channel)
         os.makedirs(channel_dir, exist_ok=True)
@@ -102,7 +151,6 @@ class irc_router:
         fifo_files.append(f"{channel_dir}/in")
         fifo_files.append(f"{channel_dir}/out")
         self.fifo_files.extend(fifo_files)
-        await asyncio.sleep(1)
 
     def write_to_out(self, file, input):
         if file == None:
@@ -117,29 +165,28 @@ class irc_router:
         self.irc_socket.send(bytes(f"{message}\r\n", "utf-8"))
         print(f"{time.time()} | Send: {message}")
 
-    async def async_readline(self, file, queue):
+    def async_readline(self, file, queue):
         print(f"Trying to read from file {file}")
         try:
             while True:
-                with open(file, mode='r') as in_file:
+                with open(file, mode="r") as in_file:
                     line = in_file.readline().strip()
                     if not line:
                         print("There was no line!")
                         continue
-                    await queue.put(line)
+                    queue.put(line)
                     in_file.close()
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"ERROR IN async_readline func: {e}")
 
-    async def process_user_input(self, queue):
+    def process_user_input(self, queue):
         print("Processing of user input may start!")
         while True:
             line = await queue.get()
             print(f"{time.time()} | trying to send: {line} to {self.server}")
 
             self.irc_send(line)
-            await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
+            time.sleep(0.5)
 
     async def user_listener(self):
         print("User Listener is HERE!")
@@ -157,5 +204,4 @@ class irc_router:
             # Wait for all tasks to complete
             await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
         finally:
-           self.irc_send('QUIT') 
-
+            self.irc_send("QUIT")

ircthing_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+"""
+ircthing_utils
+
+Some functions that make life nicer.
+"""
+
+import configparser
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import Union, List, Tuple
+
+
+def base_path() -> str:
+    """
+    Returns location that the script will use as root for its dir structure
+    Returns:
+        str: path for run time files
+    """
+    my_name = sys.argv[0]
+    my_name_pyless, _ = os.path.splitext(my_name)
+    return f"/tmp/{my_name_pyless}"
+
+
+def cli_args() -> Union[str, None]:
+    """
+    Parse arguments and provide small usage message
+    Returns:
+        str or None: path to config file
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Usage: python3.11 ircthing.py /myconfig.ini"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("config", help="Path to the configuration file.")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.config:
+        return args.config
+    return None
+
+
+def read_config(config_path: str) -> List[dict]:
+    """
+    Read configuration file and return list of dicts.
+    Dictionaries hold information about irc networks/server to connecto to.
+    args:
+        str: Path to the configuration file.
+    Returns:
+        list[{}, {}]: List of dictionaries.
+    """
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(config_path)
+
+    network_configs = []
+
+    try:
+        # Collect information from each topic / network
+        for topic in config.sections():
+            network = config[topic]
+            server = network.get("server")
+            port = network.getint("port")
+            channels = network.get("channels", fallback=None)
+            nickname = network.get("nickname")
+            password = network.get("password", fallback=None)
+
+            network_config = {
+                "net_name": network.name,
+                "server": server,
+                "port": port,
+                "channels": channels,
+                "nickname": nickname,
+                "password": password,
+            }
+            network_configs.append(network_config)
+        return network_configs
+    except Exception as config_read_error:
+        print(f"Failure while reading configuration file. {config_read_error}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def make_files(path: str, net_name: str) -> Tuple[List[str], str]:
+    """
+    Make directories and fifo files need to make irc server connection.
+    Args:
+        str: The root path for run time files.
+        str: The network name of the irc server we are joining
+    Returns:
+        list: List containing the fio files created.
+        str: Path to the directory created for the network connection.
+    """
+    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+    server_dir = os.path.join(path, net_name)
+    os.makedirs(server_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        os.mkfifo(f"{server_dir}/in")
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        os.mkfifo(f"{server_dir}/out")
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+    fifo_files = []
+    fifo_files.append(f"{server_dir}/in")
+    fifo_files.append(f"{server_dir}/out")
+    return fifo_files, server_dir