import socket HOST = os.read('my_ip.txt') # Standard loopback interface address (localhost) PORT = 65432 # Port to listen on (non-privileged ports are > 1023) with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s: s.bind((HOST, PORT)) s.listen() conn, addr = s.accept() with conn: print('Connected by', addr) while True: data = conn.recv(1024) if not data: break if data == b'say hello': print("hello") # Thanks Victor VosMottor from stackoverflow!