How to check if a server is up or not in Python?

Question

In PHP I just did: $fp = @fsockopen(irc.myserver.net, 6667, $errno, $errstr, 2);

Does Python 2.X also have a function like PHP's fsockopen()? If not how else can I check if a server on port 6667 is up or not?

@Farhan.K Sory, I didn't mean to ping it, I mean to just check whether I can make a connection to it or not. — Drago, Oct 18 '16 at 12:19
http://www.php2python.com/wiki/function.fsockopen/ - first link from google (...) — Łukasz Rogalski, Oct 18 '16 at 12:20

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 08 '18 at 15:14

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The socket module can be used to simply check if a port is open or not.

import socket
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
result = sock.connect_ex(('irc.myserver.net', 6667))
if result == 0:
   print "Port is open"
else:
   print "Port is not open"

edited Mar 08 '18 at 15:14

Ahmad

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answered Oct 18 '16 at 12:24

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Is there also a way to set time out? I tried using `sock.settimeout(5)` above the `result = sock.connect_ex(('irc.myserver.net',6667))` but that doesn't seem to work. – Drago Oct 18 '16 at 12:36
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@Drago Yes with an exception, see : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11865685/handling-a-timeout-error-in-python-sockets – maggick Oct 18 '16 at 12:37

How to check if a server is up or not in Python?

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