To implement a simple TCP client

client.py

"""
  @Date of creation : 31 Dec 2016.
  @Aim of script    : To implement a simple TCP client.
  @Coded by         : Rishikesh Agrawani.
"""
import socket

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

host_name = socket.gethostname() #To get the name of host
port_number = 1234
print "The name of local machine",host_name #The name of local machine admins-MacBook-Pro-3.local

host_port_pair = (host_name,port_number) #A tuple

sock.connect(host_port_pair)  #To actively intiate the TCP Server connection

while True:

	print "TYPE A MESSAGE FOR SERVER ==> ",
	msg_for_server = raw_input()
	if not msg_for_server:
		break
	sock.send(msg_for_server)
	
	msg_from_server = sock.recv(2048)
	if not msg_from_server:
		print "<...No Reply from Server...>"
	else:
		print "From Server ==> ",msg_from_server

sock.close()

"""
	print type(sock.recv(2048)),sock.recv(2048) 
"""