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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def connect(self, uid=UNKNOWN_UID, cmd=JsonRpcCommand.INIT):
 """Opens a connection to a JSON RPC server. Opens a connection to a remote client. The connection attempt will time out if it takes longer than _SOCKET_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT seconds. Each subsequent operation over this socket will time out after _SOCKET_READ_TIMEOUT seconds as well. Args: uid: int, The uid of the session to join, or UNKNOWN_UID to start a new session. cmd: JsonRpcCommand, The command to use for creating the connection. Raises: IOError: Raised when the socket times out from io error socket.timeout: Raised when the socket waits to long for connection. ProtocolError: Raised when there is an error in the protocol. """

        self._counter = self._id_counter()
        self._conn = socket.create_connection(('localhost', self.host_port),
                                              _SOCKET_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT)
        self._conn.settimeout(_SOCKET_READ_TIMEOUT)
        self._client = self._conn.makefile(mode='brw')

        resp = self._cmd(cmd, uid)
        if not resp:
            raise ProtocolError(self._ad,
                                ProtocolError.NO_RESPONSE_FROM_HANDSHAKE)
        result = json.loads(str(resp, encoding='utf8'))
        if result['status']:
            self.uid = result['uid']
        else:
            self.uid = UNKNOWN_UID