twisted.python.sendmsg

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sendmsg(2) and recvmsg(2) support for Python.
Function get​Socket​Family Return the family of the given socket.
Function recvmsg Receive a message on a socket.
Function sendmsg Send a message on a socket.
Variable ​Received​Message Undocumented
def getSocketFamily(socket): (source)
Return the family of the given socket.
Parameters
socket:SocketThe socket to get the family of.
Returns
intUndocumented
def recvmsg(socket, maxSize=8192, cmsgSize=4096, flags=0): (source)
Receive a message on a socket.
Parameters
socket:SocketThe socket to receive the message on.
max​Size:intThe maximum number of bytes to receive from the socket using the datagram or stream mechanism. The default maximum is 8192.
cmsg​Size:intThe maximum number of bytes to receive from the socket outside of the normal datagram or stream mechanism. The default maximum is 4096.
flags:intFlags to affect how the message is sent. See the MSG_ constants in the sendmsg(2) manual page. By default no flags are set.
Returns
ReceivedMessageA named 3-tuple of the bytes received using the datagram/stream mechanism, a list of tuples giving ancillary received data, and flags as an int describing the data received.
def sendmsg(socket, data, ancillary=[], flags=0): (source)
Send a message on a socket.
Parameters
socket:SocketThe socket to send the message on.
data:bytesBytes to write to the socket.
ancillary:List[Tuple[int, int, bytes]]Extra data to send over the socket outside of the normal datagram or stream mechanism. By default no ancillary data is sent.
flags:intFlags to affect how the message is sent. See the MSG_ constants in the sendmsg(2) manual page. By default no flags are set.
Returns
intThe return value of the underlying syscall, if it succeeds.
ReceivedMessage = (source)

Undocumented