Python TCP client

tcp_client.py

# https://www.techbeamers.com/python-tutorial-write-tcp-server/
import socket

host_ip, server_port = "127.0.0.1", 9999
data = "Hello how are you?\n"

# Initialize a TCP client socket using SOCK_STREAM
tcp_client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

try:
    # Establish connection to TCP server and exchange data
    tcp_client.connect((host_ip, server_port))
    tcp_client.sendall(data.encode())

    # Read data from the TCP server and close the connection
    received = tcp_client.recv(1024)
finally:
    tcp_client.close()

print("Bytes Sent:     {}".format(data))
print("Bytes Received: {}".format(received.decode()))