option to send N random numbers

./socketclient.py --port 3000 --random 0

socketclient.py

@@ -9,30 +9,57 @@ Created on Fri Dec 11 21:53:35 2020
 import socket
 import sys
 import argparse
+import random
 
+#https://www.askpython.com/python/examples/generate-random-strings-in-python
+def create_string(length):
+    random_string = ''
+    for _ in range(length):
+    # Considering only upper and lowercase letters
+        random_integer = random.randint(97, 97 + 26 - 1)
+        flip_bit = random.randint(0, 1)
+    # Convert to lowercase if the flip bit is on
+        random_integer = random_integer - 32 if flip_bit == 1 else random_integer
+    # Keep appending random characters using chr(x)
+        random_string += (chr(random_integer))
+    print("STR:" + str(random_string))
+    return random_string
+    
+    
+    
+    
 
 #--------------------------------------------GET PARAMETER INPUTS  
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Simons TEST TNC')
 parser.add_argument('--port', dest="socket_port", default=9000, help="Set the port, the socket is listening on.", type=int) 
-parser.add_argument('--data', dest="data", default=False, help="data", type=str)
+#parser.add_argument('--data', dest="data", default=False, help="data", type=str)
+parser.add_argument('--random', dest="datalength", default=False, help="data", type=int)
+
+
+
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 
+data = create_string(args.datalength)
+data = bytes("ACK:" + "!!!--" + data + "--!!!" + "\n", "utf-8")
 
+print(data)
 
 
 HOST, PORT = "localhost", args.socket_port
-data = args.data
+#data = args.data
 
 # Create a socket (SOCK_STREAM means a TCP socket)
 with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
     # Connect to server and send data
     sock.connect((HOST, PORT))
-    sock.sendall(bytes(data + "\n", "utf-8"))
-
+    #sock.sendall(bytes(data + "\n", "utf-8"))
+    sock.sendall(data)
     # Receive data from the server and shut down
     received = str(sock.recv(1024), "utf-8")
 
 print("Sent:     {}".format(data))
 print("Received: {}".format(received))
+
+