simple-calendar-server

A simple calendar server that supports simple operations. After compiling calserver and calendar, the service is accessible through the commandline through a few commands.

These commands include:

add_calendar calendar-name

-adds a new calendar to the list of calendars

list_calendars

-outputs a list of calendars

add_user user-name

-adds a new user to the list of users

list_users

-outputs a list of users

subscribe user-name calendar-name

-subscribes the user(use-name) to the calendar(calendar-name)

-will give an error if the user is already suscribed to the calendar

add_event calendar-name event-name time

-adds an event(event-name) to the calendar(calendar-name) at the specified time

list_events calendar-name event-name

-outputs the list of events associated with the calendar(calendar-name) in the format

	event-name:Day Month Date hh:mm:ss year

sorted by time

This simple server was built in C, utilizing basic structs and simple methods to store and retrieve data stored in the structs.

STEPS TO RUN THE PROGRAM

• call the makefile

• ensure that all essential programs have been built, specifically:

calserver and calendar

• open two terminals

• in one, start the server by running

./calserver

• in the other, start the calendar service by running

./calendar

now that both programs are running, you can use the commands listed above