import socket from contextlib import closing def find_free_port(): """ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1365265/on-localhost-how-do-i-pick-a-free-port-number """ with closing(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)) as s: s.bind(('', 0)) s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) return str(s.getsockname()[1])