starting writing code for a socket connection

cflib_groundstation/groundstation_socket.py

+import socket
+import os
+import collections
+
+# Set the path for the Unix socket
+socket_path = './cflib_groundstation.socket'
+
+class GroundstationSocket():
+    metadata = collections.namedtuple("metadata", ["msg_type", "msg_id", "data_len"])
+    def groundstation_connect(self):
+        # remove the socket file if it already exists
+        try:
+            os.unlink(socket_path)
+        except OSError:
+            if os.path.exists(socket_path):
+                raise
+        
+        # Create the Unix socket server
+        server = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        print("Opened groundstation socket.")
+
+        # Bind the socket to the path
+        server.bind(socket_path)
+
+        # Listen for incoming connections
+        server.listen(1)
+
+        # accept connections
+        print('Server is listening for incoming connections...')
+        connection, client_address = server.accept()
+
+        try:
+            print('Connection from', str(connection).split(", ")[0][-4:])
+
+            # receive data from the client
+            while True:
+                data = connection.recv(1000)
+                if not data:
+                    break
+                print('Received data:' + data.decode())
+                dataarray = bytearray(data)
+
+                # Send a response back to the client
+                response = 'Hello from the server!'
+                connection.sendall(response.encode())
+        finally:
+            # close the connection
+            connection.close()
+            # remove the socket file
+            os.unlink(socket_path)
+
+
+    def decodePacket(data):
+
+