#!/usr/bin/env python

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# This example will open a client connection to localhost on the specified

# port. Data is sent to the server and then recv'd from the server. The data

# received is written to standard out.

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# Import any needed libraries below

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# We need to use the socket library

import socket

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# Begin the main program.

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# Create a new socket and specify the host and port to connect to

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

host = '127.0.0.1'

port = 80

# Connect to the host and port

sock.connect((host, port))

# Send data to the server.

send = "Sending some data..."

print "Sending -> %s" % (send)

sock.send(send)

# Receive data from the server and print it to standard out.

data = sock.recv(1024)

print "Received -> %s" % (data)