socketserver python3 documentation code example

Example: python3 socket server

import socket
import os

sock_file = "/tmp/python_socket"

if os.path.exists(sock_file):
    os.remove(sock_file)

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.bind(sock_file)
sock.listen()
print("Listening...")
while True:
    conn, _addr = sock.accept()
    datagram = conn.recv(1024)
    request = datagram.decode('utf-8')
    conn.send(str("Back at you:"+request).encode('utf-8'))