Verify if a local port is available in python

Simply create a temporary socket and then try to bind to the port to see if it's available. Close the socket after validating that the port is available.

def tryPort(port):
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    result = False
    try:
        sock.bind(("0.0.0.0", port))
        result = True
    except:
        print("Port is in use")
    sock.close()
    return result

from : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43270868/verify-if-a-local-port-is-available-in-python