raw_packets.py

import socket
import struct
from urllib.parse import parse_qs
from time import sleep


ADDR = '127.0.0.1'
PORT = 63649


def export(addr, port, s):
    query = b"\x00\x83" + struct.pack("!H", len(s) + 6) + b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" + s.encode('latin1') +  b"\x00"
    server = socket.create_connection((addr, port), 16)
    server.send(query)
    resp = server.recv(4096)
    server.close()
    assert resp[0:2] == b"\x00\x83", "Invalid packet marker"
    rs_len = struct.unpack("!H", resp[2:4])[0]
    assert resp[4:5] == b'\x06', "Invalid format, ascii string expected"
    assert len(resp) == rs_len + 4
    response = resp[5:-1].decode('latin1')
    result = parse_qs(response)
    return result
    

def main():
    with open('log.txt', 'w') as fp:
        while True:
            response = export(ADDR, PORT, '?status')
            print(response, file=fp)
            sleep(1)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()