built alias/nickname feature for nodes, in the process I broke the message color system.. can be fixed in main.js line 170

main.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Meshenger:
       logger.info('Making message directory')
 
     self.init_index()
+    self.make_alias()
 
     try:
       d = threading.Thread(target=self.discover)
@@ -198,6 +199,19 @@ Save the time of the last update.
 
     self.previous_index = current_index
 
+  def make_alias(self):
+	"""
+	See if the node already has an alias (nickname) if not just use the IP-Hash
+	"""
+	if not os.path.exists('alias'):
+	  with open('alias','wb') as alias:
+		self.alias = self.own_hash
+		alias.write(self.own_hash)
+	else:
+	  self.alias = open('alias','rb').read().replace('\n','') #should we replace the newline?
+	  pass
+	logger.debug('Alias is "'+self.alias+'"')
+
 
   def get_index(self,ip, path):
     """

meshenger_clientserve.py

@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ Serve index and messages
         self.wfile.write(meshenger.own_hash)
       else:
         self.send_error(404,'Id not yet available')
+    elif self.path == '/alias':
+      if meshenger and meshenger.alias:
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header('Content-type', 'text-html')
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(meshenger.alias)
+      else:
+        self.send_error(404,'Alias not yet available')
+    
     elif self.path == '/log':
       self.send_response(200)
       self.send_header('Content-type', 'text-html')

meshenger_nodeserve.py

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Serve index and messages
     if self.path == '/index' or self.path.startswith( self.messageDir ):
       return SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self)
 
+    if self.path == '/alias' or self.path.startswith( self.messageDir ):
+      return SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.do_GET(self)
+
+
     else:
       self.send_response(404)
       self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')

web/main.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ localStorage.clear();
 
 
 //These need to be obtained from the node
-var ownId, ownColor;
+var ownId, ownColor, ownAlias;
 
 /*
  * OUTBOX STUFF
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ document.getElementById('message-form').onsubmit = function(){
   var mess = document.getElementById('message').value.replace(/\r?\n/g, "<br />");
   var newMsgs = {};
   var ddata = new Date().getTime();
+  var alias = ownAlias //to do: build a check to see if ownAlias == ownId, if so, alias should become 'local'
   var contento = {
     "time" : ddata,
     "message" : mess,
     "name" : namm,
-    "node" : "local",
+    "node" : alias,
     "hops" : "0"
   }
   newMsgs.message = contento;
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ function downloadMessage(filename) {
   xhr.open( "GET", 'msg/'+filename, true);
   xhr.send();
 
+
 }
 function checkInbox() {
   var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -256,6 +258,17 @@ function getOwnId() {
   xhr.send();
 }
 
+function getOwnAlias() {
+  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){
+    if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200){
+      ownAlias = xhr.responseText;
+    }
+  }
+  xhr.open( "GET", 'alias', true);
+  xhr.send();
+}
+
 
 /*
  * INIT
@@ -265,6 +278,9 @@ function update(){
   if ( !ownId ){
     getOwnId();
   }
+  if ( !ownAlias){
+    getOwnAlias();
+  }
   checkInbox();
   // also check for outbox items on interval,
   // necessary in case connection is lost and messages are not yet sent