Python Client on Linux Using a .NET Core Named Pipe (via unix domain sockets)

pyclient_linux_dotnet_namedpipe.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Jul 12 19:06:38 2017

@author: agoswami
"""

#socket_echo_client_uds.py
import socket
import sys
import struct 

# Create a UDS socket
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

# Connect the socket to the port where the server is listening
server_address = '/tmp/CoreFxPipe_testpipe'
print('connecting to {}'.format(server_address))
try:
    sock.connect(server_address)
except socket.error as msg:
    print(msg)
    sys.exit(1)

try:
    while True:
        amount_expected = struct.unpack('I', sock.recv(4))[0]
        print("amount_expected :", amount_expected)
        
        message = sock.recv(amount_expected)
        print("Received message : ", message.decode()) # making it a string
        
        # Send data
        message_rev = message[::-1].decode() # making it a string
        print("Sent message (reversed) : ", message_rev)
    
        sock.sendall(struct.pack('I', len(message_rev)) + message_rev.encode('utf-8'))

finally:
    print('closing socket')
    sock.close()