""" Script which broadcasts random integers to a hardcoded port 8881 @Author: orda """ import socket import random import time import sys def main(): if len(sys.argv) > 1: port = sys.argv[1] int(port) else: port = 8881 my_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) my_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1) # Allow reuse in case we exited ungracefully my_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) print('broadcaster started...') try: while True: # Make a random number and send it out. number = random.randint(1, 101) print("sending: ", number) my_socket.sendto(f"Today's lottery number: {number}".encode('utf-8'), ('', 8881)) time.sleep(1) finally: my_socket.close() if __name__ == "__main__": main()