Chapter 7. Implementing Internet Communication

Python includes several built-in modules as well as addon modules to implement different types of Internet communication. These modules simplify many of the tasks necessary to facilitate socket communication, email, file transfers, data streaming, HTTP requests, and more.

Because the communication possibilities with Python are so vast, this chapter focuses on phrases that implement simple socket servers, socket clients, and FTP clients, as well as POP3 and SMTP mail clients that can be easily incorporated into Python scripts.