import socket

HOST = socket.gethostbyname("localhost")
PORT = 5052

def send(msg):


    # create a message input
    message = msg.encode("utf-8")

    # create and bind socket
    socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    socket.connect((HOST, PORT))

    # send message
    socket.send(b'-' * (64 - len(str(len(message)).encode("utf-8"))))
    socket.send(message)

    socket.recv(1024)

    print("Message sent")
    socket.close()

message = input("Please enter a message: ")

if message == "":
    send("!DISCONNECT")

else:
    send(message)