def getRecServerSocket(port):
# This function creates a socket to block server and returns it
# Make socket
transport = TSocket.TSocket('localhost', port)
transport.setTimeout(30000)
# Buffering is critical. Raw sockets are very slow
transport = TTransport.TBufferedTransport(transport)
# Wrap in a protocol
protocol = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport)
# Create a client to use the protocol encoder
client = Recommender.Client(protocol)
# Connect!
#print "Connecting to block server on port", port
try:
transport.open()
except Exception as e:
print e
log.error(
"Exception while connecting to block server, check if server is running on port: {}"
.format(port))
transport.close()
exit(1)
return client
