Asyncio Echo Client

async_echo_client.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3.4
import asyncio

class EchoClient(asyncio.Protocol):
    message = 'Client Echo'

    def connection_made(self, transport):
        transport.write(self.message.encode())
        print('data sent: {}'.format(self.message))

    def data_received(self, data):
        print('data received: {}'.format(data.decode()))

    def connection_lost(self, exc):
        print('server closed the connection')
        asyncio.get_event_loop().stop()

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
coro = loop.create_connection(EchoClient, '127.0.0.1', 8888)
loop.run_until_complete(coro)
loop.run_forever()
loop.close()