echo_client.py

# echo_client.py

import socket
import sys
import traceback


def client(msg, log_buffer=sys.stderr):
    server_address = ('localhost', 10000) # host, port
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.IPPROTO_TCP)
    print('connecting to {0} port {1}'.format(*server_address), file=log_buffer)
    # connect your socket to the server here.
    sock.connect(server_address)

    # you can use this variable to accumulate the entire message received back
    # from the server
    received_message = ''

    # this try/finally block exists purely to allow us to close the socket
    # when we are finished with it
    try:
        print('sending "{0}"'.format(msg), file=log_buffer)
        # send your message to the server here
        sock.sendall(msg.encode('utf8'))

        while True:
            # recieve the msg, log using print statement 
            chunk = sock.recv(16)
            print('received "{0}"'.format(chunk.decode('utf8')), file=log_buffer)
            # accumulate the chunks you get to build the entire reply from the server
            received_message += chunk.decode('utf8')
            # recieve entire msg then break loop
            if len(chunk) < 16:
                break

    except Exception as e:
        traceback.print_exc()
        sys.exit(1)

    finally:
        # close client socket
        print('closing socket', file=log_buffer)
        sock.close()

        # return the entire reply you received from the server
        return received_message


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        usage = '\nusage: python echo_client.py "this is my message"\n'
        print(usage, file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    msg = sys.argv[1]
    client(msg)