socket issue with recv()

[Arthur Clarck]

I forgot to mention that with this code:

total = '' 
while True: 
   data = s.recv(1024) 
   total += data 
   if (total != ''): 
      print total 
      total = ''
 
Everything is fine.
I am still looping but I get the complete data flow sent by the remote server.
The data flow is not corrupted with extra characters.
But I do not detect the closing of the socket on the remote server.
Why is recv not blocking !!!


Le samedi 23 août 2014 10:23:14 UTC+2, Arthur Clarck a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I am starting socket scripting with python.
> 
> I do understand from the doc that a socket is bmocking by default.
> 
> I wrote 2 basics script to verify this behaviour.
> 
> 
> 
> my "tcp_server.py":
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> import socket, sys
> 
> s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
> 
> 
> 
> HOST = '192.168.0.103'
> 
> PORT = 1060
> 
> 
> 
> s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
> 
> s.bind((HOST, PORT))
> 
> while True:
> 
>    s.listen(1)
> 
>    print 'Listening at', s.getsockname()
> 
>    sc, sockname = s.accept()
> 
>    print 'We have accepted a connection from', sockname
> 
>    print 'Socket connects', sc.getsockname(), 'and', sc.getpeername()
> 
>    while True:
> 
>       data = sc.recv(1024)
> 
>       if data:
> 
>          print 'Got from client:', repr(data)
> 
>          data = ''
> 
>       else:
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>          #raise EOFError('socket closed')
> 
>          print 'socket closed by remote client'
> 
>          sc.close()
> 
>          sys.exit()
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> and my "tcp_client.py"
> 
> 
> 
> import socket, sys, time
> 
> s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
> 
> 
> 
> HOST = '192.168.0.103'
> 
> PORT = 1060
> 
> 
> 
> s.connect((HOST, PORT))
> 
> print 'Client has been assigned socket name', s.getsockname()
> 
> while True:
> 
>    data = raw_input('cmd:')
> 
>    if (data == '\x05'):
> 
>       print 'closing socket and exit'
> 
>       s.close()
> 
>       sys.exit()
> 
>    s.sendall(data)
> 
> 
> 
> When both are running everything what I type in the client is received by the server.
> 
> When nothing is sent from the client the server is waiting (socket is blocking)
> 
> for next datas.
> 
> If I close the client with Ctrl-E (or a kill) the socket on the server is getting a null value and the server exit.
> 
> So everything is fine. And everything is clear in my mind.
> 
> 
> 
> The problem I have now is the following.
> 
> I have a script to connect to some telecom service.
> 
> The script is forking (parent/child)
> 
> The child is only reading what comes from the remote server.
> 
> Here the problematic code:
> 
> 
> 
> total = ''
> 
> while True:
> 
>    data = s.recv(1024)
> 
>    total += data
> 
>    if (data == ''):
> 
>       print 'remote site is closed'
> 
>       s.close()
> 
>       sys.exit()
> 
> 
> 
> What is happening is that I got some datas from the remote site,
> 
> Something like 'Contacting BH: ...'
> 
> But directly followed by 'remote site is closed.
> 
> And if I remove the 2 lines (s.close;sys.exit) my script is looping
> 
> So it means data=='' 
> 
> This makes no sense at all.
> 
> Why is the socket not waiting for the next datas flow ??
> 
> Why is the socket not blocking ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> With Perl I just have to write:
> 
> 
> 
>   while (sysread($socket,$data,1024)){
> 
>      syswrite(STDOUT,$data)
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>   }
> 
> 
> 
> And it works perfectly.
> 
> 
> 
> Any hint about what I missed in Python ?
> 
> 
> 
> kr,
> 
> Arthur.