if callfunc == 'initialize':

  # open a connection to the google web server
  socketobject = openconn("www.google.com",80) 
  
  # this is a HTTP request...
  socketobject.send("GET /index.html HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.google.com\r\n\r\n") 
  
  # We'll loop and print information from google. 
  # We don't "speak" HTTP, so we'll set a timer to close the socket in 3 seconds
  settimer(3, socketobject.close, ())

  while True:
     try:
       print socketobject.recv(4096)
     except Exception, e:    # we got an exception. Did they close the socket?
       if str(e) != "Socket closed":
         raise
       break