import socket

HOST = '129.159.146.88'
PORT = 5000

def getReply(message):
    # Returns a reply from the server

    # Remove the finel "." - somehow it stucks the model
    if message.endswith("."):
        message = message.rstrip(".")

    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as client_socket:
        try:
            client_socket.connect((HOST, PORT))
            client_socket.sendall(message.encode())
            print('Wait...')
            data = client_socket.recv(1024)
            try:
                return data.decode('utf-8')
            except: #sometimes there is a problem with the decoding
                print('Decoding Error')
                return ""
            finally:
                client_socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
                client_socket.close()
        except:
            return ""