Question

How would i loop every 5 seconds the following code :

sendSocket = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sendSocket.connect ( ( 'CENSORED', 1234 ) )
sendSocket.send ( 'request posit' )
data = sendSocket.recv( 100 )
chatLog.insert(END, data)

I want a client to recieve data every 5 seconds from a server, i did a while True loop (lol) and the program interface didnt even load and the server got flooded by the client.

I just want the server to update the client every 5 seconds with a variable that is stored on the server, without a user having to manually press a button.

import socket, time
from Tkinter import *

## Main Window
gui = Tk()
gui.geometry('450x350-5+40')
gui.minsize(450,350)
gui.maxsize(450,350)
userInput = StringVar()

## Main window that displays user and server input.
chatLog = Text(gui, width=60, height=15)
chatLog.pack()

## Send Packet function, main part of the script. Sends whatever the user puts in.
def sendChat():
    sendSocket = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sendSocket.connect ( ( 'nope.com', 1234 ) )
    sendSocket.send ( e.get() )
    data = sendSocket.recv( 100 )
    chatLog.insert(END, data)
    sendSocket.close()

while True:
    sendSocket = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sendSocket.connect ( ( 'nope.com', 1234 ) )
    sendSocket.send ( 'request posit' )
    data = sendSocket.recv( 100 )
    chatLog.insert(END, data)
    sendSocket.close()
    time.sleep (5.0)

## Submit text button
b = Button(gui, text="Send", command=sendChat )
b.pack()

## Text entry box
e = Entry(gui, textvariable=userInput)
e.pack()

gui.mainloop()

Answer 1

See this question:

How to make tkinter repond events while waiting socket data?

You can also use after_idle

def read_the_socket():
    sendSocket.send ( 'request posit' )
    data = sendSocket.recv( 100 )
    gui.after(5000, read_the_socket)


gui.after_idle(read_the_socket)

after_idle schedules a function the be called once the GUI isn’t busy anymore. You can also use .after(time, function) to delay for a specific amount of time before calling the function again.

Finally, you should really maintain your connection to the server not reconnect each time.