Best way to open a socket in Python

I want to open a TCP client socket in Python. Do I have to go through all the low-level BSD create-socket-handle / connect-socket stuff or is there a simpler one-line way?

Asked by: Justin163 | Posted: 27-01-2022

Answer 1

Opening sockets in python is pretty simple. You really just need something like this:

import socket
sock = socket.socket()
sock.connect((address, port))

and then you can send() and recv() like any other socket

Answered by: Rubie552 | Posted: 28-02-2022

Answer 2

OK, this code worked

s = socket.socket()
s.connect((ip,port))
s.send("my request\r")
print s.recv(256)
s.close()

It was quite difficult to work that out from the Python socket module documentation. So I'll accept The.Anti.9's answer.

Answered by: Joyce932 | Posted: 28-02-2022

Answer 3

For developing portable network programs of any sort in Python, Twisted is quite useful. One of its benefits is providing a convenient layer above low-level socket APIs.

Answered by: Darcy674 | Posted: 28-02-2022

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