gistfile1.py

import socket, ssl, struct
from eppxml.hello import Hello

class Client(object):

  def connect(self, host, port):
    self.connection = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    self.connection.setblocking(0)
    self.connection.settimeout(10)
    self.connection = ssl.wrap_socket(self.connection)
    try:
      self.connection.connect((host, port))
      return True
    except socket.timeout:
      return False
      
  def hello(self):
    base = Hello()
    xml = base.output()
    self.write(xml)
    return self.read()
    
  def write(self, xml):
    header = struct.pack(">i", len(xml))
    content = header + xml
    self.connection.sendall(content)
    
  def read(self):
    length = None
    data = ""
    
    i = 0
    while length == None or length > 0:
      i = i + 1
      if not length:
        header = self.connection.recv(4)
        length = struct.unpack('>i', header)[0]-4
      else:
        line = self.connection.recv(1024)
        data += line
        length -= len(line)

    return data
    
  def close(self):
    self.connection.close()
   
if __name__ == "__main__":
  client = Client()
  connected = client.connect("testdrs.domain-registry.nl", 700)
  if connected:
    print client.hello()
    client.close()
  else:
    print 'Failed'