socket — Easy Examples

Low-level TCP/UDP socket interface

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Getting started with socket

Basic import and usage of the socket module.

python
import socket

print(f"Hostname: {socket.gethostname()}")
print("Socket types:", [s for s in dir(socket) if s.startswith("SOCK_")][:4])

The socket module is part of Python's standard library. Low-level TCP/UDP socket interface.

Common socket operations

Frequently used functions from the socket module.

python
# More socket examples
import socket

print(f"socket module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {socket.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(socket))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the socket module.

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