netmod-udp 0.2.0

import socket
import struct

# Initialise socket for IPv6 datagrams
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)

# Allows address to be reused
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)

# Binds to all interfaces on the given port
sock.bind(('', 1722))

# Allow messages from this socket to loop back for development
sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP, True)

# Construct message for joining multicast group
mreq = struct.pack("16s15s".encode('utf-8'), socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, "ff02::1"), (chr(0) * 16).encode('utf-8'))
sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_JOIN_GROUP, mreq)

while True:
    data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024)
    print(data)