Just curious as to whether we can run client/server type programs in the Python IDE, for example, by importing Redis() or zmq, or some package like that. I’m not thinking of running a true internet server from my Replit account (!); I just want to test some client/server programs by running them in the same directory in the Replit shell. Is that possible/allowed? Here are the programs:
Give it a shot, it won’t hurt, and if it works, great. If it doesn’t, you’ll probably have to consult a staff member or someone who knows more than me xD.
There used to be a thing where any sockets started would be instantly forced-linked to the web and that made things like your describing impossible, it might be fixed now though.
It isn’t working. That’s why I posted. Whenever I try to run either the client or server program, I get this very long error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/connection.py”, line 624, in connect
sock = self.retry.call_with_retry(
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/retry.py”, line 46, in call_with_retry
return do()
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/connection.py”, line 625, in
lambda: self._connect(), lambda error: self.disconnect(error)
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/connection.py”, line 690, in _connect
raise err
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/connection.py”, line 678, in _connect
sock.connect(socket_address)
OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/runner/Redis/redis_sub.py”, line 6, in
sub.subscribe(topics)
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/client.py”, line 1623, in subscribe
ret_val = self.execute_command(“SUBSCRIBE”, *new_channels.keys())
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/client.py”, line 1458, in execute_command
self.connection = self.connection_pool.get_connection(
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/connection.py”, line 1427, in get_connection
connection.connect()
File “/home/runner/Redis/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/redis/connection.py”, line 630, in connect
raise ConnectionError(self._error_message(e))
redis.exceptions.ConnectionError: Error 99 connecting to localhost:6379. Cannot assign requested address.
If you want to, you can with Python Flask. Some people do. There are Flask templates on Replit. I’ve played around with Flask but I don’t think I currently have anything I’m actually using running on Flask.