why do i get this error File main py line 18 message connectionSocket recv 1024 IndentationError expected an indented block and how to make it write

Question

print ("Ready to serve...")

connectionSocket, addr = serverSocket.accept()

try:

message = connectionSocket.recv(1024)

print message,'::',message.split()[0],':',message.split()[1]

filename = message.split()[1]

print filename,'||',filename[1:]

f = open(filename[1:])

Answer 1

Hello,

The error itself explain what's the problem.In Python, all the code that you type is arranged via correct whitespaces and therefore if at any instance you have a bad indentation, the overall code will not run and the interpreter will simply return an error function.

Make those changes and your code will work fine.

To know more what is indentation error you can refer this:https://www.edureka.co/blog/indentation-error-in-python/

Hope this helps!!

Thank you!!