def clientLoop(self): try: """ Data variables for manipulating packets and handling them """ data = Packet("", 0, "") hdata = "" mdata = "" while (self.connection): # if the user quits if (mdata.lower() == "quit" or data.msg.lower() == "quit"): self.connection = False self.close() break # else send the message else: hdata = str(input("Header (CMD, MSG, DAT): ")).upper() while (not data.checkHeader(hdata)): print("\n\nCLIENT >> Can only have MSG, CMD, or DAT type packets") hdata = str(input("Header (CMD, MSG, DAT): ")) mdata = str(input("Message: ")) while (not data.checkMessage(mdata)): print("CLIENT >> Message must be less than 256 characters (bytes)") mdata = str(input("Message: ")) data.packetReformat(hdata, mdata) self.send(data.packetFormat()) print("CLIENT >> Sending Data >> %s\t%d\t%s" % (data.header, data.size, data.msg)) except socket.error as err: print("CLIENT >> Broken connection with %s on port %d" % (self.addr, self.port)) print(err) finally: self.connection = False self.close()