Sending a file over TCP sockets in Python

Question

I\'ve successfully been able to copy the file contents (image) to a new file. However when I try the same thing over TCP sockets I\'m facing issues. The server loop is not e

Answer 1

The problem is extra 13 byte which server.py receives at the start. To resolve that write "l = c.recv(1024)" twice before the while loop as below.

print "Receiving..."
l = c.recv(1024) #this receives 13 bytes which is corrupting the data
l = c.recv(1024) # Now actual data starts receiving
while (l):

This resolves the issue, tried with different format and sizes of files. If anyone knows what this starting 13 bytes refers to, please reply.