socket

socket

Functions

Name	Description
create_socket_client	Create a socket client and attempt to connect to a specified host and port.

create_socket_client

socket.create_socket_client(host_ip, port, retry_connection_after_s=1)

Create a socket client and attempt to connect to a specified host and port.

This function attempts to establish a TCP connection to the specified host and port. It retries the connection up to a maximum number of times (3) if the connection is refused. If the connection is successful, the socket object is returned.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
host_ip	str	The IP address of the host to connect to.	required
port	int	The port number on the host to connect to.	required
retry_connection_after_s	float	The number of seconds to wait between connection attempts, by default 1.	1

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	socket.socket	A socket object representing the connection to the host.

Raises

Name	Type	Description
	ConnectionRefusedError	If the connection is refused after the maximum number of 3 retries.