File-Distribution-Tool

A Python-based file distribution tool designed for efficient and secure file transfer and communication between clients and a server.

How to run

1. Clone or download the repository
2. Ensure you have Python3 installed. Create and activate a virtual environment inside the project directory. Install the required packages listed in r.txt.

   cd project_directory
   virtualenv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r r.txt
   

3. we can generate dummy data for the database for testing purposes.To do so, run db.py file once.

   cd server
   python3 db.py
   

4. Start the server.

   cd server
   python3 server.py
   

5. Start the client. We can run multiple clients and authenticate them with different credentials.

   cd client
   python3 client.py
   

Commands to communicate

General Commands (Any user can make)

1. list-groups: gives the list of all groups available
2. join-group {group_name}: request to join group with name group_name, eg. join-group group1
3. my-groups: to get the list of groups they're already part of

Admin Commands

1. create-group group_name: to create a group with name group_name
2. delete-group group_name: to delete the group with name group_name, if exists
3. list-users: to get the list of all users' emails
4. view-requests: to see all the pending group joining requests
5. add user_email group_name: to add this particular user to the group named group_name
6. remove user_email group_name: to remove this particular user from the group named group_name
7. clear-requests: reject all the pending requests
8. init filename group1 group2 ...: to initialize sending file named filename to all the users who belong to atleast one of the listed group names

Authentication (If using dummy data)

1. We have generated an admin with 'admin' as both email and password.
2. Also, we generated 10 users with their emails as user1@gmail.com, user2@gmail.com, etc. And their respective passwords are user1, user2, etc.
3. We also have 5 groups with names group1, group2, and so on. 2 users are assigned to each group.