TCP_SOCKET_server.py

import socket
#KILDE https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/a-complete-guide-to-socket-programming-in-python

def run_server():
    # create a socket object
    server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) #TCP
    port = 8001

    hostname = socket.gethostname()
    server_ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)

    # bind the socket to a specific address and port
    server.bind((server_ip, port))
    # listen for incoming connections
    server.listen(0)
    print(f"Listening on {server_ip}:{port}")

    # accept incoming connections
    client_socket, client_address = server.accept()
    print(f"Accepted connection from {client_address[0]}:{client_address[1]}")

    # receive data from the client
    while True:
        request = client_socket.recv(1024)
        request = request.decode("utf-8")  # convert bytes to string

        # if we receive "close" from the client, then we break
        # out of the loop and close the conneciton
        if request.lower() == "close":
            # send response to the client which acknowledges that the
            # connection should be closed and break out of the loop
            client_socket.send("closed".encode("utf-8"))
            break

        print(f"Received: {request}")

        response = "accepted".encode("utf-8")  # convert string to bytes
        # convert and send accept response to the client
        client_socket.send(response)

    # close connection socket with the client
    client_socket.close()
    print("Connection to client closed")
    # close server socket
    server.close()


run_server()