Now, we're going to set up a simple server. I say simple server, which may make you think something like an HTTP server with just basic functionality—no, I mean simple. This will simply listen for connections and take an action upon receipt of data. Let's take a look:
#!/usr/bin/pythonimport socketimport threadinghost_ip = '0.0.0.0'host_port = 45678server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)server.bind((host_ip, host_port))server.listen(4)print "Server is up. Listening on %s:%d" % (host_ip, host_port)def connect(client_socket): received = client_socket.recv(1024) print "Received from remote client:\n-----------\n%s\n-----------\n" % received client_socket.send("Always listening, comrade!\n\r") print ...
