Description:

A simple CLI to share files over the local network.
This project uses Socket Programming concepts to implement a peer to peer connection to transfer files.
There is no server involved.
The Project involves usage of broadcasting for peer discovery and usage of TCP to send the file as a binary stream.
Two TCP handshakes are performed, one to send all the filenames involved, the other to send the binary data.

Languages and Frameworks

• Language Used: Python
• Libraries Used:
  • Socket: A library in Python to create web sockets.
  • Threading: Library in Python which helps in creation of threads.
  • Time: Python library to access time.

Usage:

• Clone the project into your system:

  
    $git clone https://github.com/mana-sg/ShareItClone
  
  

• Jump into the git repository.

  
    $cd ShareItClone
  
  

• Run the main.py file:

  
    $python3 main.py
  
  

• Now that the code is running, you can select whether you want to receive or send files.

• If you select receive, you have to wait until the sender connects to your connection.

• If you selected send, you will see a window with all the peer names, select the peer which you want to send the file to.

• Once you select the peer, a file dialog will open up, select the file which you want to send.

• The file will be sent successfully.