homm3_battle_client.py

import socket
import argparse
import json

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some integers.')
    parser.add_argument('--port', dest='port', default=9999,
                        help='tcp server port', type=int)
    parser.add_argument('--host', dest='host', default='localhost',
                        help='tcp host url')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # @@@@@@@@@@@@ TEST DATA @@@@@@@@@@@@#
    obj = {
        "test": True,
        "dump": True,
        "test_json": True
    }

    data = json.dumps(obj)
    # @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#

    # Create a socket (SOCK_STREAM means a TCP socket)
    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
        # Connect to server and send data
        sock.connect((args.host, args.port))
        sock.sendall(bytes(data + "\n", "utf-8"))

        # Receive data from the server and shut down
        received = str(sock.recv(1024), "utf-8")

    print("Sent:     {}".format(data))
    print("Received: {}".format(received))