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Python - socket - Client/server example in one thread
import socket
if __name__ == '__main__':
# socket read/write testing - client and server in one thread
# (techtonik): the stuff below is placed into public domain
print "-- Testing standard Python socket interface --"
address = ("127.0.0.1", 9999)
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.setblocking(0)
server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
server.bind( address )
server.listen(2)
client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
client.connect( address )
client.send("data to be catched")
# accepted server socket is the one we can read from
# note that it is different from server socket
accsock, addr = server.accept()
print '..got "%s" from %s' % (accsock.recv(4096), addr)
client.send("more data for recv")
print '..got "%s" from %s' % (accsock.recv(4096), addr)
# accsock.close()
# client.send("more data for recv")
#socket.error: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
# accsock, addr = server.accept()
#socket.error: [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable
client.close()
server.close()
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