socket

Low-level network connections over TCP and UDP.

Intermediate

import socket
with socket.create_connection(("example.com", 80), timeout=5) as s:
    s.sendall(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: example.com\r\n\r\n")
    print(s.recv(1024))

UDP: socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) — common for sensor broadcasts.

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