📘 Day 18 of #100DaysOfCode in Python: Networking
In today’s digital age, networking is pivotal. It facilitates communication between devices, data exchange, and the creation of expansive, integrated systems. Python, being a versatile language, offers robust networking capabilities.
1. Introduction to Sockets:
Sockets are the endpoints of a bidirectional communications channel. They can communicate within a process, between processes on the same machine, or between processes on different continents.
Python’s Socket Module: Python’s socket module provides functions to create both client and server sockets, facilitating both TCP and UDP protocols.
Example:
import socket
# Create a socket object
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
# Connect to a remote server
s.connect(('www.python.org', 80))2. HTTP Requests:
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web. Python provides several libraries to send HTTP requests, with requests being one of the most popular.
import requests
response = requests.get('https://www.python.org')
print(response.text) # HTML content of the page
