'''
    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'))