# An example script to connect to Google using socket
import socket
import sys
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print "Socket successfully created"
except socket.error as err:
print "socket creation failed with error %s" %(err)
# default port for socket
port = 80
try:
host_ip = socket.gethostbyname('www.google.com')
except socket.gaierror:
# this means could not resolve the host
print "there was an error resolving the host"
sys.exit()
# connecting to the server
s.connect((host_ip, port))
print "the socket has successfully connected to google \
on port == %s" %(host_ip)
output:
Socket successfully created
the socket has successfully connected to google
on port == 173.194.40.19
Server :
# first of all import the socket library
import socket
# next create a socket object
s = socket.socket()
print "Socket successfully created"
# reserve a port on your computer in our
# case it is 12345 but it can be anything
port = 12345
# Next bind to the port
# we have not typed any ip in the ip field
# instead we have inputted an empty string
# this makes the server listen to requests
# coming from other computers on the network
s.bind(('', port))
print "socket binded to %s" %(port)
# put the socket into listening mode
s.listen(5)
print "socket is listening"
# a forever loop until we interrupt it or
# an error occurs
while True:
# Establish connection with client.
c, addr = s.accept()
print 'Got connection from', addr
# send a thank you message to the client.
c.send('Thank you for connecting')
# Close the connection with the client
c.close()
client:
# start the server
$ python server.py
$ telnet localhost 12345
Output :
# in the server.py terminal you will see
# this output:
Socket successfully created
socket binded to 12345
socket is listening
Got connection from ('127.0.0.1', 52617)
# In the telnet terminal you will get this:
Trying ::1...
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Thank you for connectingConnection closed by foreign host.
# Import socket module
import socket
# Create a socket object
s = socket.socket()
# Define the port on which you want to connect
port = 12345
# connect to the server on local computer
s.connect(('127.0.0.1', port))
# receive data from the server
print s.recv(1024)
# close the connection
s.close()
# start the server:
$ python server.py
Socket successfully created
socket binded to 12345
socket is listening
Got connection from ('127.0.0.1', 52617)
# start the client:
$ python client.py
Thank you for connecting
