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socket – Network Communication¶

Purpose:	Provides access to network communication
Available In:	1.4 and later

The socket module exposes the low-level C API for communicating over a network using the BSD socket interface. It includes the socket class, for handling the actual data channel, and functions for network-related tasks such as converting a server’s name to an address and formatting data to be sent across the network.

See also

socket: The standard library documentation for this module.
Socket Programming HOWOTO: An instructional guide by Gordon McMillan, included in the standard library documentation.
select: Testing a socket to see if it is ready for reading or writing.
SocketServer: Framework for creating network servers.
asyncore and asynchat: Frameworks for asynchronous communication.
urllib and urllib2: Most network clients should use the more convenient libraries for accessing remote resoruces through a URL.
Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API, 3/E: By W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, and Andrew M. Rudoff. Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004. ISBN-10: 0131411551