The following code, developed in part with ChatGPT, can be used with BPQ32 to create a chat server. When a user connects to the alias/node the server will log who has connected and then echo every message it recieves from that link to all other connected users

import socket
import threading

class ChatServer:
    def __init__(self):
        self.host = 'localhost'
        self.port = 33000
        self.server = None
        self.clients = {}
        self.lock = threading.Lock()

    def start(self):
        self.server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        self.server.bind((self.host, self.port))
        self.server.listen(5)
        print("Chat server started on {}:{}".format(self.host, self.port))

        while True:
            client_socket, client_address = self.server.accept()
            print("New connection from:", client_address)
            threading.Thread(target=self.handle_client, args=(client_socket,)).start()

    def handle_client(self, client_socket):
        username = client_socket.recv(1024).decode('utf-8')
        self.add_client(client_socket, username)

        while True:
            try:
                message = client_socket.recv(1024).decode('utf-8')
                if not message:
                    self.remove_client(client_socket)
                    break
                self.broadcast(message)
            except ConnectionResetError:
                self.remove_client(client_socket)
                break

    def add_client(self, client_socket, username):
        self.lock.acquire()
        self.clients[client_socket] = username
        self.lock.release()
        print("New user joined:", username)

    def remove_client(self, client_socket):
        self.lock.acquire()
        username = self.clients[client_socket]
        del self.clients[client_socket]
        self.lock.release()
        client_socket.close()
        print("User disconnected:", username)

    def broadcast(self, message):
        self.lock.acquire()
        for client_socket in self.clients:
            client_socket.send(message.encode('utf-8'))
        self.lock.release()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    chat_server = ChatServer()
    chat_server.start()

The following code can be used to telnet into a BPQ32 node and tell it to connect to a specific application/alias - it compliments the above chat server - and provides an interface to interact with it. This proof of concept code can be adapted so that any data can be sent/received by any application

import socket
import sys
import threading
import time
import os

HOST = 'HOSTIP'  # Replace with the IP address or hostname of the server
PORT = 8010
USERNAME = 'TCPUSERNAME'
PASSWORD = 'TCPPASSWORD'
print('Welcome to Game Client')
# Create a socket and connect to the server
try:
    sock = socket.create_connection((HOST, PORT))
except ConnectionRefusedError:
    print(f"Failed to connect to {HOST}:{PORT}")
    sys.exit(1)

# Receive and print the login prompt
login_prompt = sock.recv(1024).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
print(login_prompt)

# Send the username
sock.sendall((USERNAME + "\r\n").encode('utf-8'))

# Receive and print the password prompt
time.sleep(1)
password_prompt = sock.recv(1024).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
print(password_prompt)

# Send the password
sock.sendall((PASSWORD + "\r\n").encode('utf-8'))

# Function to continuously receive and display server responses
def receive_responses():
    while True:
        response = sock.recv(1024).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
        print(response)

# Create and start the thread for receiving responses
response_thread = threading.Thread(target=receive_responses)
response_thread.start()

# Wait for 3 seconds
time.sleep(3)

# Send the command "c oukdev" to the server
sock.sendall(("c NODEALIAS" + "\r\n").encode('utf-8'))
os.system('clear')
print('Connected to Game Server NODEALIAS')
# Main thread for sending commands
while True:
    command = input()

    # Send the command to the server
    sock.sendall((command + "\r\n").encode('utf-8'))

    if command.lower() == "exit":
        break
# Wait for the response thread to finish and close the connection
response_thread.join()
sock.close()