#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import socket HOST = 'localhost' # The remote host PORT = int(sys.argv[1]) # The same port as used by the server s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((HOST, PORT)) s.send('__hello 0') fs = s.makefile() data = fs.readline() token = data.split(" ")[0] print "Token:", token s.send(token+" __echo 0 msg") data = s.recv(1024) print data s.close()