MS_client

import socket
import sys
import json

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server_address=('localhost',10000)
print >>sys.stderr,'Connectiong to port %s port %s' % server_address
sock.connect(server_address)

json_string='{"port":"12", "state":"HIGH"}'
p_json=json.dumps(json_string).encode('utf-8')

try:
    message = 'This is the msj. It willll be repeaded'
    print>>sys.stderr, 'sending "%s"' % message
    sock.sendall(p_json)

    amount_received = 0
    amount_expected = len(json_string)

    while amount_received < amount_expected:
        data=sock.recv(16)
        amount_received+=len(data)
        print>>sys.stderr, 'received "%s"' % data

finally:
    print >sys.stderr,'Closing socket'
    sock.close()