Simple Socket Programming

client.py

# A simple Client Program for making requests using socket

import socket

s = socket.socket()

# The socket listens to a specific port
port = 12345

# Connect to the server
s.connect(('127.0.0.1', port))

# Send Request to server
send_data = 'Hello'
s.send(send_data.encode('utf-8'))

# Receive response from server
recv_data = s.recv(1024)
print(recv_data.decode('utf-8'))

# close the connection
s.close()

server.py

# A simple server program for listening to requests via socket

import socket

s = socket.socket()
print('Socket Created')

# The socket listens to a specific port
port = 12345

# Bind the socket to a port
# Here the socket listens the request
# coming from any IP address in the network
s.bind(('', port))
print('Socket binded to port %s' % port)

# Put the socket in listening mode
s.listen(5)
print('Socket listening')

while True:
    # Establish Connection with the client
    c, addr = s.accept()
    print('Got Connection from', addr)

    # Receive request from client
    recv_data = c.recv(1024)
    print(recv_data.decode('utf-8'))

    # Send a response to client
    send_data = 'Thank you for connecting'
    c.send(send_data.encode('utf-8'))

    # Close the connection
    c.close()