import socket
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    HOST, PORT = "localhost", 9999
    data = "test string"
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.connect((HOST, PORT))
    sock.send(data + "\n")
    received = sock.recv(1024)
    sock.close()
    print data