def _send(self, host, port, data, debug=False): if debug: print '<Sending>\n', data, '\n</Sending>' s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((host, port)) s.send(data) response = gntp.parse_gntp(s.recv(1024)) s.close() if debug: print '<Recieved>\n', response, '\n</Recieved>' return response