Broadcast to server and stream binary files with python

client.py

import os
import socket

videos = []
client = socket.socket()
client.connect((socket.gethostbyname('localhost'), 3000))

# Append the video files paths into array
def load_videos():
    base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
    videos_dir = os.path.join(base_dir, 'videos')
    for video in os.listdir(videos_dir):
        if video.lower().endswith('.mp4'):
            videos.append(os.path.join(videos_dir, video))
    pass

def main():
    load_videos()

    # Read the first video in bytes
    with open(videos[0], 'rb') as f:
        i = 0
        while True:
            buf = f.read(24)
            # Check for EOF
            if buf == '':
                break

            # Stream the data using the socket
            client.send(buf)

            i += 1
            print('---> Reading from buffer {}'.format(i))

    pass

# If running as the main script and not loaded as a module
if __name__ == '__main__':
    print('---> Starting main script')
    main()

server.py

#
# Listen to localhost:3000. Read binary data using 512 bytes buffer.
# This example was made to test if the client streams videos files. It makes it ease to test from script instead of 
#   IP or video camera.
#
import socket

server = socket.socket()
server.bind((socket.gethostbyname('localhost'), 3000))
server.listen(10)
while True:
    i = 0
    connection, address = server.accept()
    print('---> Receive a connection from {}'.format(address))
    # Read the data
    while True:
        data = connection.recv(512)
        i += 1
        print('---> Reading bytes {}'.format(i))
        if not data:
            break
    # Send response when finish reading
    connection.send('It worked'.encode('utf-8'))
    connection.close()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print('---> Starting server on localhost:3000')