socket_modes.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import socket

def test_socket_modes():
        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        s.setblocking(1)
        s.settimeout(0.5)
        s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))

        socket_address = s.getsockname()
        print "Trivial Server launched on socket: %s" %str(socket_address)
        while(1):
            s.listen(1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_socket_modes()