Support TCP sockets

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 925fc63..7a75823 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,3 +38,25 @@ s.send_message("+1098765432", "Hello there!")
 for message in s.receive_messages():
     print(message)
 ```
+
+
+Various
+-------
+
+pysignald also supports different socket paths:
+
+```python
+s = Signal("+1234567890", socket_path="/var/some/other/socket.sock")
+```
+
+It supports TCP sockets too, if you run a proxy. For example, you can proxy signald's UNIX socket over TCP with socat:
+
+```bash
+$ socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:15432,fork UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/signald/signald.sock
+```
+
+Then in pysignald:
+
+```python
+s = Signal("+1234567890", socket_path=("your.serveri.ip", 15432))
+```
diff --git a/signald/main.py b/signald/main.py
index 2c12322..cfad0e8 100644
--- a/signald/main.py
+++ b/signald/main.py
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ class Signal:
 
     def _get_socket(self) -> socket.socket:
         "Create a socket, connect to the server and return it."
-        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+
+        # Support TCP sockets on the sly.
+        if isinstance(self.socket_path, tuple):
+            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        else:
+            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         s.connect(self.socket_path)
         return s