basic udp client sending request to localhost

Author: anthwal

udp-client.py

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+import socket
+
+# can't find a udp server so using local settings
+
+target_host = "127.0.0.1"
+target_port = 9997
+
+# create a socket object with datagram settings
+client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
+# send data to the target host, port
+client.sendto(b"AAAABBBBCCCC", (target_host, target_port))
+
+# receive data from the server and deconstruct the data and address received
+data, addr = client.recvfrom(4906)
+
+print(data.decode(), addr)
+
+client.close()