Simple Python server script

example-server.py

import socket
import sys

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print 'Socket created'

# Bind socket to local host and port
try:
    s.bind(('0.0.0.0', 4010))
except socket.error as msg:
    print 'Bind failed. Error Code : ' + str(msg[0]) + ' Message ' + msg[1]
    sys.exit()

print 'Socket bind complete'

# Start listening on socket
s.listen(1)

# Wait to accept a connection - blocking call
conn, addr = s.accept()
result = ''

try:
    result = conn.recv(1024)
except socket.timeout:
    print 'timeout 1'
print 'first: ' + str(result)

msg = "bla"
conn.send(msg)

try:
    result = conn.recv(1024)
except socket.timeout:
    print 'timeout 2'
print 'second: ' + str(result)

s.close()