socket = class _socketobject(__builtin__.object)
socket([family[, type[, proto]]]) -> socket object
Open a socket of the given type. The family argument specifies the
address family; it defaults to AF_INET. The type argument specifies
whether this is a stream (SOCK_STREAM, this is the default)
or datagram (SOCK_DGRAM) socket. The protocol argument defaults to 0,
specifying the default protocol. Keyword arguments are accepted.
A socket object represents one endpoint of a network connection.
Methods of socket objects (keyword arguments not allowed):
accept() -- accept a connection, returning new socket and client address
bind(addr) -- bind the socket to a local address
close() -- close the socket
connect(addr) -- connect the socket to a remote address
connect_ex(addr) -- connect, return an error code instead of an exception
dup() -- return a new socket object identical to the current one [*]
fileno() -- return underlying file descriptor
getpeername() -- return remote address [*]
getsockname() -- return local address
getsockopt(level, optname[, buflen]) -- get socket options
gettimeout() -- return timeout or None
listen(n) -- start listening for incoming connections
makefile([mode, [bufsize]]) -- return a file object for the socket [*]
recv(buflen[, flags]) -- receive data
recvfrom(buflen[, flags]) -- receive data and sender's address
sendall(data[, flags]) -- send all data
send(data[, flags]) -- send data, may not send all of it
sendto(data[, flags], addr) -- send data to a given address
setblocking(0 1) -- set or clear the blocking I/O flag
setsockopt(level, optname, value) -- set socket options
settimeout(None float) -- set or clear the timeout
shutdown(how) -- shut down traffic in one or both directions
[*] not available on all platforms!