import socket

def CallAPI(data):
    try:
        client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        client.connect(('0.0.0.0', 9876))

        client.send(data)
        response = client.recv(4096)
        client.close()

    except Exception as e:
        print e

    finally:
        client.close()

    return response

response = CallAPI("hello world")
print response