if __name__ == '__main__': import socket # Import socket module ONE_CONNECTION_ONLY = True # Set this to False if you wish to continuously accept connections filename='mytext.txt' port = 12312 # Reserve a port for your service. sock = socket.socket() # Create a socket object host = socket.gethostname() # Get local machine name sock.bind((host, port)) # Bind to the port sock.listen(5) # Now wait for client connection. print('Server listening....') while True: conn, addr = sock.accept() # Establish connection with client. print(f"Got connection from {addr}") data = conn.recv(1024) print(f"Server received {data}") with open(filename,'rb') as in_file: data = in_file.read(1024) while (data): conn.send(data) print(f"Sent {data!r}") data = in_file.read(1024) print('Done sending') conn.close() if ONE_CONNECTION_ONLY: # This is to make sure that the program doesn't hang while testing break sock.shutdown(1) sock.close()