Export to BYOND world.Topic() from Python

gistfile1.txt

import socket
import struct
import urllib.parse


def byond_export(host, port, string):
    packet_id = b'\x83'
    try:
        sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
    except socket.error:
        return

    packet = struct.pack('>xcH5x', packet_id, len(string)+6) + bytes(string, encoding='ascii') + b'\x00'
    sock.send(packet)

    data = sock.recv(512)
    sock.close()
    data = str(data[5:-1], encoding='ascii')
    return data

d = byond_export('localhost', '1337', '?status')
d = urllib.parse.parse_qs(d, keep_blank_values=True)
print(d)