Send message over TCP connection given host and port

do_telnet.py

def do_telnet(host, port, message):
    import telnetlib
    tn = telnetlib.Telnet(host, port)
    ret = tn.write(message + '\n')
    print "sent the message: %s" % message

    tn.close()

def send_thru_socket(host, port, message):
    TCP_IP = host
    TCP_PORT = port
    BUFFER_SIZE = 1024
    MESSAGE = message

    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    try:
        s.connect((TCP_IP, TCP_PORT))
    except:
        print 'Unable to connect'
        return
    s.sendall(str(MESSAGE) + '\n')

    print "Sent:", MESSAGE

    #data = s.recv(1)
    s.close()

    #print "Response:", data