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Chilkat2-Python

Accept Connection on Socket

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Demonstrates how to create a TCP/IP socket, listen on a port, accept an incoming connection, and send a "Hello World" message to the client.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

listenSocket = chilkat2.Socket()

# Bind to a port and listen for incoming connections:
# This example will listen at port 5555 and allows for a backlog
# of 25 pending connection requests.
success = listenSocket.BindAndListen(5555,25)
if (success == False):
    print(listenSocket.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Get the next incoming connection
# Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)
connectedSocket = chilkat2.Socket()
success = listenSocket.AcceptNext(20000,connectedSocket)
if (success == False):
    print(listenSocket.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
connectedSocket.MaxReadIdleMs = 10000
connectedSocket.MaxSendIdleMs = 10000

# Send a "Hello World!" message to the client:
success = connectedSocket.SendString("Hello World!")
if (success != True):
    print(connectedSocket.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Close the connection with the client.
# Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
success = connectedSocket.Close(20000)

print("success!")