Python Programming/Sockets

HTTP Client

Make a very simple HTTP client

import socket
s = socket.socket()
s.connect(('localhost', 80))
s.send('GET / HTTP/1.1\nHost:localhost\n\n')
s.recv(40000) # receive 40000 bytes

NTP/Sockets

Connecting to and reading an NTP time server, returning the time as follows

ntpps       picoseconds portion of time
ntps        seconds portion of time
ntpms       milliseconds portion of time
ntpt        64-bit ntp time, seconds in upper 32-bits, picoseconds in lower 32-bits