Functions
Here is documentation in-depth on the functions available through the socket module.
RAND_add(...)
RAND_add(string, entropy)
Mix string into the OpenSSL PRNG state. entropy (a float) is a lower
bound on the entropy contained in string.
RAND_egd(...)
RAND_egd(path) -> bytes
Queries the entropy gather daemon (EGD) on socket path. Returns number
of bytes read. Raises socket.sslerror if connection to EGD fails or
if it does provide enough data to seed PRNG.
RAND_status(...)
RAND_status() -> 0 or 1
Returns 1 if the OpenSSL PRNG has been seeded with enough data and 0 if not.
It is necessary to seed the PRNG with RAND_add() on some platforms before
using the ssl() function.
fromfd(...)
fromfd(fd, family, type[, proto]) -> socket object
Create a socket object from a duplicate of the given
file descriptor.
The remaining arguments are the same as for socket().
getaddrinfo(...)
getaddrinfo(host, port [, family, socktype, proto, flags])
-> list of (family, socktype, proto, canonname, sockaddr)
Resolve host and port into addrinfo struct.
getdefaulttimeout(...)
getdefaulttimeout() -> timeout
Returns the default timeout in floating seconds for new socket objects.
A value of None indicates that new socket objects have no timeout.
When the socket module is first imported, the default is None.
getfqdn(name='')
Get fully qualified domain name from name.
An empty argument is interpreted as meaning the local host.
First the hostname returned by gethostbyaddr() is checked, then
possibly existing aliases. In case no FQDN is available, hostname
as returned by gethostname() is returned.