import socket HOST = "127.0.0.1" PORT = 5000 mySocket = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM ) try: mySocket.connect( ( HOST, PORT ) ) except socket.error: print "Call to connect failed" serverMessage = mySocket.recv( 1024 ) while serverMessage != "TERMINATE": if not serverMessage: break print serverMessage clientMessage = "1234" mySocket.send( clientMessage ) serverMessage = mySocket.recv( 1024 ) mySocket.close()