Right now, I'm trying to make a socket server in Python that takes input from a client, processes it, does whatever is need to be done, and then sends a message back to the client showing that it's done.
The problem I am having right now is that the system can't recognize a command that is sent by the client. I am currently using an if statement to compare strings. The data received is decoded into UTF-8. I don't see why the if statement can't compare them.
'''
Simple socket server using threads
'''
import socket
import sys
from thread import *
import cmd
HOST = '' # Symbolic name meaning all available interfaces
PORT = 8888 # Arbitrary non-privileged port
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print 'Socket created'
#Bind socket to local host and port
try:
s.bind((HOST, PORT))
except socket.error as msg:
print 'Bind failed. Error Code : ' + str(msg[0]) + ' Message ' + msg[1]
sys.exit()
print 'Socket bind complete'
#Start listening on socket
s.listen(10)
print 'Socket now listening'
#Function for handling connections. This will be used to create threads
def clientthread(conn):
#Sending message to connected client
conn.send('Welcome to the server. Type something and hit enter\n') #send only takes string
#infinite loop so that function do not terminate and thread do not end.
while True:
#Receiving from client
databyte = conn.recv(1024)
reply = 'OK...' + data
data = databyte.decode('utf-8')
if data == 'light'
print 'light'
if not data:
break
conn.sendall(reply)
#came out of loop
conn.close()
#now keep talking with the client
while 1:
#wait to accept a connection - blocking call
conn, addr = s.accept()
print 'Connected with ' + addr[0] + ':' + str(addr[1])
#start new thread takes 1st argument as a function name to be run, second is the tuple of arguments to the function.
start_new_thread(clientthread ,(conn,))
s.close()
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance!
