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I would like to know if socket.recvfrom in python is a blocking function ? I couldn't find my answer in the documentation If it isn't, what will be return if nothing is receive ? An empty string '' ? In the other case, if in fact, it is blocking, how can i do to put it as an unblocking function ? I heard about settimeout but I don't know if it is actually the right solution.

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By default it is blocking. It can be turned into non-blocking via socket.setblocking(0) or (equivalently) socket.settimeout(0). In that case if there is nothing to receive it will throw socket.error exception.

See the docs:

  1. Python2: https://docs.python.org/2/library/socket.html#socket.socket.setblocking
  2. Python3:
    1. https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html#socket.socket.setblocking
    2. https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html#socket-timeouts
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