socket.accept

socket.accept()

• This function accepts a connection from a client
• This function returns the tuple (conn, address)
• A conn is a new socket object
• This object can be used to send and receive data on the connection
• An address is the address of the client socket
• Note, conn captures the information from address

Example of accept

>>> import socket
>>> conn, address = socket.accept()

>>> print(conn)
<socket.socket
 fd=4, proto=0,
 family=AddressFamily.AF_INET,
 type=SocketKind.SOCK_STREAM,
 laddr=('127.0.0.1', 25000),  # server address
 raddr=('127.0.0.1', 63906)>  # client address

>>> print(address)
('127.0.0.1', 63906)

References

• Python Essential Reference
• Documentation for socket API