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Join a multicast group in python and receive data
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
import socket | |
import sys | |
def main(argv): | |
multicast_group = argv[1] | |
multicast_port = int(argv[2]) | |
interface_ip = argv[3] | |
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP) | |
sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 32) | |
# See man socket(7) | |
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) | |
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1) | |
sock.bind(('', multicast_port)) | |
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_IP, socket.IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, | |
socket.inet_aton(multicast_group) + socket.inet_aton(interface_ip)) | |
while True: | |
received = sock.recv(1500) | |
print('Received packet of {0} bytes'.format(len(received))) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
if len(sys.argv) != 4: | |
print("Usage: {0} <group address> <port> <interface ip>".format(sys.argv[0])) | |
sys.exit(1) | |
main(sys.argv) |
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Thanks for sharing, added following code
before line 13:
sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 32)
so that it won't run into error:
OSError: [Errno 48] Address already in use