NCJ-Client.py

#!/usr/bin/python3.6

import socket
import sys
import time

HOST = "127.0.0.1"
PORT = None

def send_file_to_server():
    filepath = input("Please enter the name of a file you want to send.\n>")

    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:

        sock.connect((HOST, PORT))

        req = 'GET {}'.format(filepath)
        sock.sendall(bytes(req, 'utf8'))

        filedata = b""
        framedata = True
        while framedata:
            framedata = sock.recv(1024)
            filedata += framedata

        with open("recv-" + filepath, "wb+") as fp:
            fp.write(filedata)

    print("Finished recieving and writing file to recv-{}".format(filepath))

    sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Please specify server port...\nExiting")
        exit(1)
    portStr = sys.argv[1]
    try:
        PORT = int(portStr)
        send_file_to_server()
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)


#https://realpython.com/python-sockets/
#https://www.w3resource.com/python/python-bytes.php
#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27241804/sending-a-file-over-tcp-sockets-in-python
#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18994912/ending-an-infinite-while-loop