A simple multicast server that repeatedly says "Test"

multicast_server.py

"""multicast_server.py - A simple multicast server that says "Test"."""

import socket
import struct
import time

class multicast_speaker():
    def __init__(self, address, port, ttl=2, timeout=0.2):
        self.group = address, int(port)
        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)

        ttl_bin = struct.pack('@i', ttl)
        self.sock.settimeout(timeout)
        self.sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, ttl_bin)

    def send(self, value):
        self.sock.sendto(value, self.group)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # group = ('225.0.0.1', 2001)
    sock = multicast_speaker('225.0.0.1', '2101')

    while True:
        try:
            sock.send(b'Test\n')
            print('Test')
        except OSError as SocketError:
            print(SocketError)
        time.sleep(.1)

    # Exceptions
        # 1. OSError: [Errno 50] Network is down
        # 2. OSError: [Errno 55] No buffer space available