foo.py

# test with `nc -kl 3000`
# write to nc terminal to send data
import socket
import sys

try:
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    print("Socket successfully created")
except socket.error as err:
    print("socket creation failed with error %s" %(err))

s.settimeout(3.0)
s.connect(("localhost", 3000))

r = s.recv(1024)
print(r.decode('ascii'))