connect python 3x to a server

Question

I have been studying python for some time and I was trying to create a script to connect to a server and get a response from it, but when I use the code I get an error that I can’t fix

My code

import socket
target_host = 'www.google.com'
target_port = 80

#criar um objeto socket
client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

#conectar o cliente
client.connect((target_host,target_port))

#envia alguma dados
client.send('GET / HTTP/1.1\R\NHost: google.com\r\n\r\n')

#recebe dados
response = client.recv(4096)

print(response)

The mistake is:

client.send('GET / HTTP/1.1\R\NHost: google.com\r\n\r\n') TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Can someone help me?

Answer 1

import socket
target_host = 'www.google.com'
target_port = 80

#criar um objeto socket
client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

#conectar o cliente
client.connect((target_host,target_port))

#envia alguma dados
client.send('GET / HTTP/1.1\R\NHost: google.com\r\n\r\n'.encode())

#recebe dados
response = client.recv(4096)

print(response)

You need to use .encode() send requires bytes, not a string

Answer 2

You can make a conversion in your send() for the guy bytes before making the request. I read in the English forum that they also recommend the use of sendall() to prevent future problems.

import socket
target_host = 'www.google.com'
target_port = 80

#criar um objeto socket
client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

#conectar o cliente
client.connect((target_host,target_port))

#envia alguma dados
client.sendall(b'GET / HTTP/1.1\R\NHost: google.com\r\n\r\n')

#recebe dados
response = client.recv(4096)

print(response)