Fully working ping library for MCPE written in Python

ping.py

import random
from socket import socket, AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM
from struct import pack

MAGIC = "\x00\xff\xff\x00\xfe\xfe\xfe\xfe\xfd\xfd\xfd\xfd\x12\x34\x56\x78"


def get_random_long():
    return random.getrandbits(48)


def get_ping_response(ip, port):
    # create new UDP socket
    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
    try:
        sock.settimeout(2)

        # UNCONNECTED_PING
        unconnected_ping = "\x01" + pack('>q', get_random_long()) + MAGIC + pack('>q', get_random_long())
        sock.sendto(unconnected_ping, (ip, port))

        data, addr = sock.recvfrom(2048)
        # unpack the data
        if data[0] != "\x1c":
            raise RuntimeError("Invalid packet ID")

        skip = 1 + 16 + len(MAGIC) + 2
        advertise = data[skip:].split(';')
        return {
            "description": advertise[1],
            "protocol": {
                "version": advertise[3],
                "id": advertise[2],
            },
            "players": {
                "online": advertise[4],
                "max": advertise[5]
            }
        }
    finally:
        sock.close()