start of client app

Cargo.lock

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prompted"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d34cf5bf48e2fe6e11fb6b619fb5962530f1eaf278709de5f8ea49afa7379f9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-irc"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "prompted",
+]

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+prompted = "0.2.8"

src/client.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,64 @@
+use prompted::input;
+use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::thread;
+
+fn read_messages(mut stream: TcpStream) {
+    let mut buffer: [u8; 1024] = [0; 1024];
+    loop {
+        match stream.read(&mut buffer) {
+            Ok(size) => {
+                if size == 0 {
+                    break; //Server closed connection
+                }
+                let message: &[u8] = &buffer[..size];
+                process_message(message);
+            }
+            Err(_) => {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn process_message(message: &[u8]) {
+    if let Ok(text) = String::from_utf8(message.to_vec()) {
+        println!("{}", text);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn start() {
     println!("Starting the IRC client");
-    todo!();
+    // let nick: String = input!("Enter your nickname: ");
+    let nick: String = "testy".to_string();
+    // let host: String = input!("Enter the server host: ");
+    let host: &str = "localhost";
+
+    if let Ok(mut stream) = TcpStream::connect(host.to_owned() + ":6667") {
+        println!("Connected to {}", host);
+
+        let stream_clone: TcpStream = stream.try_clone().expect("Faile to clone stream");
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            read_messages(stream_clone);
+        });
+
+        loop {
+            let cmd: String = input!(":");
+            match cmd.trim() {
+                "/quit" => {}
+                "/list" => {}
+                "/msq" => {}
+                "/join" => {}
+                "/show" => {}
+                "/leave" => {}
+                "/msg" => {}
+
+                _ => {
+                    stream.write(cmd.as_bytes());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        println!("Failed to connect to {} with nickname {} ", host, nick);
+    }
 }