Server (awaits connection, echoes request, and exits):
import socket serversocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) serversocket.bind(('localhost', 12345)) # designate socket to receive serversocket.listen(5) # max 5 connections while True: connection, address = serversocket.accept() buf = connection.recv(64) if len(buf) > 0: print(buf.decode()) # python 3 fix break
Client (sends a message to the server):
import socket clientsocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) clientsocket.connect(('localhost', 12345)) # designate socket to send clientsocket.send(('Hello, World!').encode()) # python 3 fix