2 More Milestones

I have added the feature for the BBS to be able to accept user messages and display all messages.

Still to be done: asc pages for messages and implementation of that.

Yes, I do know that I'm still including my test data in the json files. I do not care.

bbs.py

@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ class bbsServer():
         try:
             comms(conn, addr, node + 1)
  
- 
+        except (RuntimeError, OSError):
-        except RuntimeError:
             print("Node %s hung up..." % (node + 1))
  
         print("Node %s offline." % (node + 1))

config.ini

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [Main]
-Port = 2043
+Port = 2062
 DefaultSplash = "Welcome to the SB17 BBS on %node%!"
 MaxConnections = 5
 Menus = 2
+msgDb = messages.json
 
 [Auth]
 userDb = users.json

docs/Configuration.md

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Configuration
-
 This file contains the information necessary to configure Pyscii-BBS. The default configuration provided will run, but you will likely want to change many of these values. 
 
 ## String Replacements

docs/Roadmap.md

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ Remember these rules for working on the following features:
 - BBS Server can show a menu to the user after logging in ✓
 - BBS Server menu allows user to modify their own profile ✓
 - BBS Server can display pre-coded messages in a messages space ✓
+- BBS Server can accept messages from users ✓
+- BBS Server can display user submitted messages to message boards ✓
 
 #### ToDo
-- BBS Server can accept messages from users
-- BBS Server can display user submitted messages to message boards
 - BBS Server can show only certain users a different menu option (RBAC implementation)
 
 At this point we have the bare minimum of a functioning BBS. The user flow at this stage is they connect, log in, and are presented with a menu that will let them edit their profile or visit a message board. The message board will be a single flow of messages and the user will have to select what messages to read. No unread/read list exists. It is a simple text-based telnet message board with an auth system. 

docs/message.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://bbs.sb17.space/message.schema.json",
+  "title": "Message",
+  "description": "A Pyscii-BBS message object",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "id" : {
+        "description": "The unique ID of the message entity",
+        "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "subject": {
+      "description": "The subject of the message entity",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "body": {
+      "description": "The message body.",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "date": {
+      "description": "The date the message is posted",
+      "type": "datetime",
+    },
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "id",
+    "subject",
+    "body",
+    "date"
+  ]
+}

functions.py

@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import sys
 import comms
 import menus
 import auth
+import datetime
 
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.read(sys.argv[1])
 
 userDb = config.get("Auth","userDb")
+msgDB = config.get("Main","msgDb")
+
+date_format_string = "%Y-%m-%d HH:MM:SS"
 
 def printProfile(conn, userId, node, lastMenu):
     comms.sendString(conn, "\u001B[2JProfile:\r\n")
@@ -50,8 +54,66 @@ def editProfile(conn, userID, node, lastMenu):
     menus.printMenu(conn, lastMenu, node, userID)
 
 def pubMessages(conn, userID, node, lastMenu):
-    comms.sendString(conn, "There are no messages!\r\nPress any key to go back... ")
+    comms.sendString(conn, "\u001B[2JMessages:\r\n")
+    with open(msgDB) as msgdb:
+        messages = json.loads(msgdb.read())
+        for message in messages['messages']:
+            msgListElement = str(message['id']) + "\t|\t" + message['date'] + "\t|\t" + message['author'] + "\t|\t" + message['subject'] + "\t\t\t"
+            comms.sendString(conn,msgListElement+"\r\n")
+
+    comms.sendString(conn, "\r\nSend the M and the message number (eg. M0) number to read a message.\r\nPress C to Write a Message \r\nSend B to go back to the Menu: ")
+    response = comms.getString(conn,3)
+    if response.strip('\x00') == "B":
+        menus.printMenu(conn, lastMenu, node, userID)
+
+    elif response.strip('\x00')[0] == "M":
+        printMessage(conn, int(response.strip('\x00').replace('M','')))
+
+    elif response.strip('\x00') == "C":
+        writeMessage(conn, userID)
+
+    pubMessages(conn, userID, node, lastMenu)
+
+def printMessage(conn, messageNum):
+    comms.sendString(conn, "\u001B[2JMessage:\r\n")
+    with open(msgDB) as msgdb:
+        messages = json.loads(msgdb.read())
+        for message in messages['messages']:
+            if message['id'] == int(messageNum):
+                comms.sendString(conn, "\r\nDate Published: " + message['date'])
+                comms.sendString(conn, "\r\nSubject: " + message['subject'])
+                comms.sendString(conn, "\r\nAuthor: " + message['author'])
+                comms.sendString(conn, "\r\nMessage: " + message['body'])
+
+    comms.sendString(conn, "\r\nPress any key to go back... ")
+    comms.getString(conn,2)
+    return
+
+def writeMessage(conn, userid):
+    comms.sendString(conn, "\u001B[2JCompose Message:\r\n")
+    with open(userDb) as userdb:
+        users = json.load(userdb)
+        for user in users['users']:
+            if user['id'] == userid:
+                username = user['name']
+        with open(msgDB) as msgdb:
+            messages = json.load(msgdb)
+
+        message = {}
+        message["id"] = messages['messages'][-1]["id"] + 1
+
+        message['date'] = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(date_format_string)
+        comms.sendString(conn,"Subject: ")
+        message['subject'] = comms.getString(conn, 150)
+        message['author'] = username
+        comms.sendString(conn,"Message Body: ")
+        message['body'] = comms.getString(conn, 1500)
+        messages['messages'].append(message)
+
+        with open(msgDB,'w') as output:
+            json.dump(messages, output, indent=4)
+
+    comms.sendString(conn, "Message Published!\r\nPress any key to go back... ")
     comms.getChar(conn)
-    menus.printMenu(conn, lastMenu, node, userID)
 
 

menus.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def parseResponse(conn, menu, node, user, response):
         comms.sendString(conn, "\u001B[2J\r")
         if response.strip('\x00') == "X":
             comms.sendString(conn, "Goodbye!")
+            conn.close()
 
         if response.strip('\x00') == "P":
             functions.printProfile(conn, user, node, menu)

messages.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "messages": [
+        {
+            "id": 0,
+            "author": "Default",
+            "subject": "Welcome!",
+            "body": "This is the first message in every PyScii BBS. It sets up the messages json.",
+            "date": "1970-01-01 00:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": 1,
+            "date": "2025-07-19 HH:MM:SS",
+            "subject": "\u0000First User Message",
+            "author": "J4YC33",
+            "body": "\u0000This is the first messsage on the Pyscii BBS!\\nIt's a fun thing!"
+        }
+    ]
+}

users.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
             "name": "J4YC33",
             "password": "d32190c6322e27087c934b7bd9ff642bbe71d5782f2242028c3c15298c7aeac6",
             "salt": "SI13YMJl8kWLBhNN",
-            "description": "J4YC33 IS SPARTACUS!"
+            "description": "\u0000I *AM* Spartacus!"
         }
     ]
 }