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Hi I’m trying to run a basic python script that listens to a port but it fails with the error above. Here’s the stripped down version:

>>> import socket
>> server = socket.socket() 
>>> server.bind(("myusername.pythonanywhere.com",8080))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

Any suggestions on how I get this to work please? Thanks

[edit by admin: formatting]

Unfortunately you can't run socket servers on PythonAnywhere -- only WSGI-based websites (with ASGI coming soon), which you would configure on the "Web" page.