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Unable to send anything from Python server to Java client

I've set up a Raspberry Pi 3 and I want to make a program that sends data whenever a button is pushed on my breadboard. I have a Python server running on my RPi, and a Java client running on my Windows laptop. However, whenever I send data to my Java client, it receives the data, and then for some reason, the RPi server closes the program due to "broken pipe". However this cannot be true, because my Java program receives data from the Pi! The Java program then closes due to the Pi server closing. But from what I've read online, Python's "error 32: broken pipe" is triggered when the remote socket closes prematurely!
What's going on here? Why can't I keep my server running?
(PS: The data that my Java program receives is wrong, but it receives data nonetheless. I send "1\n", and I receive null.)
Here is the code for my RPi server program:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from time import sleep
import atexit
import socket
import sys
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(5, GPIO.IN)
GPIO.setup(7, GPIO.OUT)
def cleanup():
print("Goodbye.")
s.close()
GPIO.cleanup()
atexit.register(cleanup)
THRESHOLD= 0.3
host= sys.argv[1]
port= 42844
length= 0
def displayDot():
GPIO.output(7,True)
sleep(0.2)
GPIO.output(7,False)
def displayDash():
GPIO.output(7,True)
sleep(0.5)
GPIO.output(7,False)
try:
print("Initializing connection...")
s= socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
serverAddress= (host, 42844)
s.bind(serverAddress)
print("Connection initialized!")
print("Waiting for client...")
s.listen(1) #Puts the server socket into server mode
client, address= s.accept()
print(address)
while True:
if not GPIO.input(5):
length+= 0.1
GPIO.output(7,True)
s.sendall('1\n')
print("HELLO??")
else:
if length!=0:
if length>=THRESHOLD:
print("Dash") #displayDash()
else:
print("Dot") #displayDot()
s.sendall('0')
length= 0
GPIO.output(7,False)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("\nScript Exited.")
cleanup();
Here's the code for the Java client program:
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class MorseClient{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
String hostname= null; //Initialize
int portNumber= 0; //Initialize
try {
hostname= args[0];
portNumber= Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException aiobe) {
System.err.println("ERROR. Please specify server address, and port number, respectively");
System.exit(1);
}
Socket redoSocket;
long initTime;
try(
Socket echoSocket= new Socket(hostname, portNumber);
PrintWriter out= new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader in= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
BufferedReader stdin= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
){
redoSocket= echoSocket;
System.out.println("Connection made!");
String userInput= "";
//Order of priority
//Connection time= 0
//Latency= 0
//Bandwidth= 1
redoSocket.setPerformancePreferences(0,0,1);
//Optimizes reliability
redoSocket.setTrafficClass(0x04);
echoSocket.setKeepAlive(true);
String returned= "";
while(true){
returned= in.readLine();
System.out.println(returned);
if(!(returned.isEmpty())){
System.out.println(returned);
System.out.println("YEP");
}
System.out.println(returned);
if(returned==null){
System.out.println("HAHA");
System.out.println("Attempting to reconnect...");
redoSocket= new Socket(hostname,portNumber);
System.out.println(redoSocket.isConnected());
}
}
}
catch(Exception e){
if(e instanceof ConnectException || e instanceof SocketException || e instanceof NullPointerException)
System.err.println("Connection closed by server");
else
System.err.println(e.toString());
}
}
}
The output for the Pi server is:
python ServerMorse.py 192.168.1.101
Initializing connection...
Connection initialized!
Waiting for client...
('192.168.1.14', 58067)
('192.168.1.14', 58067)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ServerMorse.py", in <module>
s.sendall('1\n')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 228, in meth
return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
socket.error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Goodbye.
And the output for the Java client:
java MorseClient 192.168.1.101 42844
Connection made!
null
Connection closed by server

Good lord, why are you writing a server with sockets? Use Flask.
http://flask.pocoo.org/
Also, pretty sure s should not be sending all. It should be like this:
conn, addr = server.accept()
conn.sendall(.... # <- this is what sends
Here is some sample code from a server I wrote with sockets once..might be useful:
def server():
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.IPPROTO_TCP)
address = ('127.0.0.1', 5020)
server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
server.bind(address)
server.listen(1)
conn, addr = server.accept()
...
...
conn.sendall(response_ok(some_stuff))
...
conn.close()
(response_ok is a function I wrote)

Request File from server using sockets

I am creating a program where an android device requests a file from a Web Server(running python).The server can receive over sockets with no problem the path of the requested file but i dont know how i can make my android device to wait for a responce.
Here is the android code(as a client requesting a file from web server):
try {
Socket socket = null;
socket = new Socket("192.168.1.9", 4000);
DataInputStream input = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream output = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
String str = getURL();
output.writeBytes(str);
output.close();
input.close();
socket.close();
{
}
} catch (IOException e) {
}
Log.d("communicationService", "URL transferred with success");
And the python script running on Web Server(It can receive thefile path but i have problem sending the file)
import socket
import sys
HOST, PORT = '192.168.1.9', 4000
serverSocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
serverSocket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
serverSocket.bind((HOST,PORT))
serverSocket.listen(10)
print 'Server is on and listening to %s ... ' % PORT
while True:
clientSocket, clientAddress = serverSocket.accept()
print 'A client was connected.....'
incomingURL = clientSocket.recv(1024)
print incomingURL
clientSocket.close()
Any advice and tip would be really helpful...

I imagine you should be able to get away with SimpleHTTPServer
If you need to get fancier with a full blown webservice, WSGI is very popular.
On the client side Requests library is by far the easiest way that I've found to make http requests in python. (just had to plug that one because it's that good)

Well i managed to transfer the files in the end(For those that are interested in apps of this kind).What i did was to create another socket and sent a stream back to client.
file = open("path_of_file", "rb")
s = socket.socket()
s = connect((addr,port))
l = file.read(1024)
while (l):
s.send(l)
l.f.read(1024)
file.close()
s.close()

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I am currently learning about Sockets and my homework is to create a chat room where multiple clients can talk freely. The hint given by the teacher was that the chat room server only accepts the client when the client attempts to send a message. This homework is supposed to be done without using threads.
Following the hint given, I tried to create unbound ServerSocket and Socket in both the client and the server code. The key idea is that when the client attemps to send a message to the server, the client code would connect the unbound Socket, which will then trigger the server to connect the unbound ServerSocket and to accept the client.
However, when I run the code, both the server and client code are running, and they claim that all the connections are made, but I could not transmit messages between the client and the server at all.
I have tried finding answers online, but I could not find any. I would like to ask if my way of deciding when the server accepts the client is correct.
my ChatRoom Server:
public class ChatRoom {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
int portNum = 4321;
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
int count = 1;
while (true) {
// redeclare everything each round
Socket socket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
BufferedReader stdIn = null;
String inputLine = null;
// accept each time round
serverSocket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(portNum));
socket = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println("newly accepted!");
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
if (!((inputLine = in.readLine()).equals("Bye"))) {
System.out.println("Client says: " + inputLine);
out.println(stdIn.readLine());
out.flush();
System.out.println("Message Count: " + count);
count++;
}
else {
out.println(inputLine);
serverSocket.close();
socket.close();
out.close();
in.close();
}
}
}
}
my ChatRoomClient:
public class ChatRoomClient {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String hostName = "localhost";
int portNumber = 4321;
Socket echoSocket = new Socket(); // creates an unbound socket
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
BufferedReader stdIn = null;
String userInput;
do {
out = null;
in = null;
stdIn = null;
// each time round the unbound socket attempts to connect to send a message
echoSocket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(hostName, portNumber));
System.out.println("successfully connected");
out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
userInput = stdIn.readLine();
out.flush();
System.out.println("Server says: " + in.readLine());
}
while (!userInput.equals("Bye"));
// close everything
echoSocket.close();
in.close();
stdIn.close();
}
}
Thanks!

The hint given by the teacher was that the chat room server only accepts the client when the client attempts to send a message. This homework is supposed to be done without using threads.
The hint given by the teacher doesn't make sense. The client has to connect, then the server accepts. The client can't send a message without connecting first. Maybe the teacher really means that the client shouldn't connect until he has something to send?
Following the hint given, I tried to create unbound ServerSocket and Socket in both the client and the server code. The key idea is that when the client attemps to send a message to the server, the client code would connect the unbound Socket, which will then trigger the server to connect the unbound ServerSocket and to accept the client.
But that won't happen. It's impossible. If you try to connect to a port that isn't listening, you will get a ConnectException. The only way to put the port into listening state is to bind the ServerSocket. There is no magical back-door by which the server can possibly know that the client wants to connect so it should now do the bind.
This homework is supposed to be done without using threads.
Impossible to 'create a chat room where multiple clients can talk freely' that way, unless you are expected to use non-blocking I/O, or abuse the available() facility, or use a connection per message, but then I don't see how you can communicate one client's messages to the other clients, unless you're allowed to batch them up.
There are too many imponderable aspects of this assignment as you have described it. The question as posed doesn't actully make sense, and your proposed solution certainly doesn't. You should just go ahead and write your program the normal way, with a connect, an accept, and some I/O. Get it working while your teacher comes up with a clarification.

Ah... With out using thread for the server you will not be able to serve multiple clients. Anyway, your current codes have issues and your logic are not correct.
Your stdIn should be declare and instantiated outside of the loop, you don't need to keep on creating the stdIn object for each loop.
Your "in" socket accept() and echoSocket.connect() should also be outside of the loop, this is why you are not getting any answer from the server because you are not listening on the same line. It's like your phone, keep on FLASH to dial the new number each time. all point to the same server, but it is different connection.
So, the idea is to establish a connection between server and client (single connection) that can communicate both way (via input and output stream). Then you can loop and talk start with the client, then server receive, then server talk, then client receive then client talk.... until client say Bye...
for more: http://ta.cnci.org/basicirc

thought I would like to update, I managed to solve my problem without using threads. Just sockets haha. Thought it would be good to post my answer for reference..
my ChatRoom Server:
public class ChatRoomServer {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(4321);
while(true) {
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String inputLine = in.readLine();
System.out.println("Client says: " + inputLine);
in.close();
clientSocket.close();
}
}
}
my ChatRoom Client:
public class ChatRoomClient {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String hostName = "localhost";
int portNum = 4321;
BufferedReader stdIn = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
while (true) {
String userInput;
userInput = stdIn.readLine();
Socket echoSocket = new Socket(hostName, portNum);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter
(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
out.println(userInput);
out.flush();
out.close();
echoSocket.close();
if (userInput.equals("Bye")) {
stdIn.close();
break;
}
}
}
}

C++ Client and Java Server

I did a Java Socket server, and a C++ Client.
However, the client connects to the server, without problems.
But when I write something client-server, the server doesn't catch the message.
What I'm doing wrong?
A little bit of the code of the Java Server:
DataInputStream dis=new DataInputStream(usrSocket.getInputStream());
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int data;
while((data = dis.read())>=0) {
out.write(data);
}
byte[] bytes = out.toByteArray();
String decrypt = new String(bytes);
if(decrypt.equals("status")){
System.out.println("Status emitted.");
}
System.out.println("Received a message.");
C++ Client writing:
QByteArray qba;
qba.append(text);
sock->write(qba.data());
qDebug() << "Send status";
I need help with that, thank you very much.
(that variable "text" it's a QString)
EDIT
Java server: That's only one part of all the code, the main thread waits for connections (Socket sock = server.accept()) and create a new thread for each user.
The code that I published of the java server, its one part of that threads for the users.
If you need ALL the code, plese tell me.
I will be waiting the answers!
Thank u very much!
Sorry if I answer ya late.

Try this code for Java Server.
ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(Port_No);
Socket incomingClient = ss.accept();
InputStream i = incomingClient.getInputStream();
OutputStream o = incomingClient.getOutputStream(); // Use it write to the Client Socket
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(i);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String str = new String();
while ((str = br.readLine())!=null){
// do what you want with the data received in str.
}

As youre using QTcpSocket, it highly likely that you are running the client in the default asynchronous mode. This means after when you write after calling connectToHost, nothing will be sent as the socket is not connected.
Try using:
socket->connectToHost(hostAddress, hostPort, QIODevice::ReadWrite);
if (socket->waitForConnected()) {
QString text = "test string";
QByteArray array;
array.append(string);
qDebug() << socket->write(array);
} else {
// connect error!
}

Your Java code reads the socket until EOS and then prints something, which by the way is not a decryption operation. Your C++ client writes something and never closes the socket. So the server can never get out of the read loop.

If I read it correctly it is caused by the fact that your client is still running. Read() returns number >= 0 until the client socket is closed.

buffered reader not receiving data from socket

I am writing a client application that will receive a continuous flow of data through tcp/ip. The problem I'm having is that the buffered reader object isn't receiving any data and is hanging at the readline method.
The way the server works is that you connect to it, and then send authentication information in order to receive data. The gist of my code is below
socket = new Socket(strHost, port);
authenticate();
inStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
process(inStream);
authenticate()
{
PrintWriter pwriter = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
pwriter.println(authString);
}
process(BufferedReader bufferedReader)
{
while((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null)
dostuff
}
I created a sample server application that sends data the way (I think) the server is sending data and it connects, and receives and processes the data fine. I can connect to the server fine in my application. I can also telnet to the server and write the authentication string and receive a flood of data using telnet. However my application just hangs at readLine with the server and I'm out of idea's why.
The data coming in (through telnet atleast) looks like a continuous stream of the following:
data;data;data;data;data
data;data;data;data;data
Why is my app hanging at readline, am I not outputting the authentication line correctly? I'm not receiving any errors...
EDIT
My sample server code (which is working correctly)...again this is only mimicking the way I think the real server is running but I can connect to both in my application just not receive data from the real server.
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
try
{
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(1987);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println("Couldn't listen on port: 1987");
System.exit(-1);
}
Socket clientSocket = null;
try
{
clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Accept failed: 1987");
System.exit(-1);
}
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String something;
while ((something = in.readLine()) != null)
{
while(true)
{
out.println(message);
}
}
out.close();
in.close();
clientSocket.close();
serverSocket.close();
}

Firstly you should call BufferedReader.ready() before calling readLine(), as the ready() will tell you if it's ok to read.
PrintWriter doesn't throw I/O Exception so the write may have failed without your knowledge which is why there is nothing to read. Use PrintWriter.checkError() to see if anything as gone wrong during the write.
You ought to set up the input and output streams on the Socket at the same time before you write anything down the pipe. If your reader is not ready when the other end tries to write you will get a broken pipe in the server and it won't send any more data. Telnet sets up read and write before you have written or read anything.
You can make use of Wireshark to tell if the server is actually sending data.

BufferdReader.readLine() reads lines, i.e. sequences of characters ended with \r or \r\n. I guess that your server writes its output into one single line. Your telnet output proves this assumption. Just use PrintWriter.println() at server side.

this work with me
with socket without flush
void start_listen()
{
String result1="";
char[] incoming = new char[1024];
while (!s.isClosed())
{
try {
int lenght = input.read(incoming);
result1 = String.copyValueOf(incoming,0,lenght);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
Log.d("ddddddddddd",result1);
}