[FIXED] How To Host A Python Socket Server Online With My Personal Computer?

Issue

I am making a Online Multiplayer Chess Game, not to publish it online but just as a fun little quarantine project and to play with my friends. I've made it with sockets. You can get all the code for my project here: https://github.com/AgentTRIPLEX/Local-Multiplayer-Chess It really is quite a big one. The problem with me wanting to play with my friends across the city is that my program just allows connections on the local network per server. As I am just doing this for fun, I don't think spending money for this is wise. How do I host the server to gain connections from any internet connection from my personal computer?

Solution

Try Using ngrok(https://ngrok.com/) it doesnt need port forwarding, download ngrok and run ngrok.exe tcp 5001 5001 is the port and tcp is the protocol(http, tcp, ..), to connect to it online use the "Forwarding" which will be something like 4.tcp.ngrok.io:4869 which will forward to localhost port 5001

NOTE: you can use it without an account but it will expire every 7 Hours, view the to use account read https://dashboard.ngrok.com/auth/your-authtoken (after creating an account)

Answered By - Ali Assem

Answer Checked By - David Marino (PHPFixing Volunteer)