ZeroMQ interprocess communication server/client REP/REQ

client.py

import zmq
import sys

context = zmq.Context()
print "Connecting to server..."
socket = context.socket(zmq.REQ)
socket.connect ("ipc://test_hello")



#  Do 10 requests, waiting each time for a response
for request in range (1,10):
    print "Sending request ", request,"..."
    socket.send ("Hello")
    #  Get the reply.
    message = socket.recv()
    print "Received reply ", request, "[", message, "]"
socket.close()
context.term()

server.py

import zmq
import time
import sys


context = zmq.Context()
socket = context.socket(zmq.REP)
socket.bind("ipc://test_hello")

while True:
    #  Wait for next request from client
    message = socket.recv()
    print "Received request: ", message
    time.sleep (1)  
    socket.send("World from ipc")
socket.close()
context.term()