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addEvent.py

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+'''
+    send a text to the local event-log
+    usage as library or from the CLI:
+      python3 addEvent.py "ERROR,key,timeout,count, text"
+'''
+import sys
+import socket
+
+
+def send_event(text):
+    '''
+    text must be a str
+    '''
+
+    host = "localhost"
+    port = 1234                   # The same port as used by the server
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.connect((host, port))
+    s.sendall(bytes(text, 'utf-8'))
+
+    # data = s.recv(1024)  # nothing should be returned....
+    s.close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        send_event(sys.argv[1].encode('utf-8'))