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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2015 Thierry Florac <tflorac AT ulthar.net>
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License,
+# Version 2.1 (ZPL).  A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution.
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
+
+
+# import standard library
+
+# import interfaces
+
+# import packages
+import zmq
+
+
+def zmq_socket(address, socket_type=zmq.REQ, linger=0, protocol='tcp'):
+    """Get ØMQ socket"""
+    context = zmq.Context()
+    socket = context.socket(socket_type)
+    socket.setsockopt(zmq.LINGER, linger)
+    socket.connect('{0}://{1}'.format(protocol, address))
+    return socket
+
+
+def zmq_response(socket, flags=zmq.POLLIN, timeout=10):
+    """Get response from given socket"""
+    poller = zmq.Poller()
+    poller.register(socket, flags)
+    if poller.poll(timeout * 1000):
+        return socket.recv_json()
+    else:
+        return [503, "Connection timeout"]