#!/usr/bin/env python3 import socket sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) sockpath = "/root/sexiibot/sexiibot.sock" try: sock.connect(sockpath) except socket.error: sys.exit(1) try: # Send data message = 'leave #bordel' sock.sendall(bytes(message, 'UTF-8')) finally: sock.close()