diff --git a/ipi/interfaces/sockets.py b/ipi/interfaces/sockets.py
index 112396a9..7e52e0b6 100644
--- a/ipi/interfaces/sockets.py
+++ b/ipi/interfaces/sockets.py
@@ -91,6 +91,38 @@ class Status(object):
     Timeout = 32
 
 
+def get_socket(address="localhost", port=31415, mode="unix", server=False):
+    """Create socket.
+    Parameters:
+       - server: Driver socket or Client socket?
+    """
+    if mode == "inet":
+       _socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+       params = (address, int(port))
+       _info = "Created inet socket with address " + address + " and port number " + str(port)
+    elif mode == "unix":
+       _socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+       params = "/tmp/ipi_" + address
+       _info = "Created unix socket with address " + address
+    else:
+       raise NameError("Interface mode " + mode + " is not implemented (should be unix/inet)")
+
+    if server:
+       connect = _socket.bind
+    else:
+       connect = _socket.connect
+
+    try:
+       connect(params)
+       info(_info)
+    except:
+       if mode == "unix":
+          raise ValueError("Error opening unix socket. Check if a file " + ("/tmp/ipi_" + address) + " exists, and remove it if unused.")
+       else:
+          raise
+    return _socket
+
+
 class DriverSocket(socket.socket):
 
     """Deals with communication between the client and driver code.
@@ -697,3 +729,102 @@ def poll(self):
 
         self.poll_iter += 1
         self.pool_distribute()
+
+
+class Client(DriverSocket):
+   """Deals as starting point for implementing a clien in python.
+
+   Deals with sending and receiving the data from the client code.
+
+   Attributes:
+      havedata: Boolean giving whether the client calculated the forces.
+   """
+
+   def __init__(self, address="localhost", port=31415, mode="unix", _socket=True):
+      """Initialises Driver.
+
+      Args:
+         - socket: If a socket should be opened. Can be False for testing purposes.
+         - address: A string giving the name of the host network.
+         - port: An integer giving the port the socket will be using.
+         - mode: A string giving the type of socket used.
+      """
+      if _socket:
+         # open client socket
+         _socket = get_socket(address, port, mode, server=False)
+      else:
+         _socket = None
+      super(Client,self).__init__(socket=_socket)
+      self.MP_VERSION = np.int32(1)
+      self.extra = ""
+      self.havedata = False
+      self.needsinit = True
+      self.vir = np.zeros((3,3),np.float64)
+      self.cellh = np.zeros((3,3),np.float64)
+      self.cellih = np.zeros((3,3),np.float64)
+      self.nat = np.int32()
+
+      # needs to be set from the client
+      # For now manually set the verbosity
+      self.verb = verbosity.High
+
+
+   def _getforce(self):
+      """Dummy _getforce routine.
+
+      This function must be implemented by subclassing or providing a callback function.
+      This function is assumed to calculate the following:
+         - self._force: The force of the current positions at self._positions.
+         - self._potential: The potential of the current positions at self._positions.
+      """
+      if hasattr(self, "callback"):
+         self._force, self._potential = self.callback(self._positions)
+      else:
+         raise NotImplementedError("_getforce must be implemented by providing a self.callback function or overwritten.")
+
+
+   def run(self):
+      """Serve forces until asked to finish.
+
+      Serve force and potential, that are calculated in the user provided
+      routine _getforce.
+      """
+      while 1:
+         msg = self.recv_msg()
+         if msg == "":
+            if self.verb > verbosity.Quiet:
+               print " @CLIENT: Shutting down."
+            break
+         elif msg == Message("status"):
+            if self.needsinit:
+               self.send_msg("needinit")
+            elif self.havedata:
+               self.send_msg("havedata")
+            else:
+               self.send_msg("ready")
+         elif msg == Message("init"):
+            self.bead = np.int32()
+            self.bead = self.recvall(self.bead)
+            str_pars = np.int32()
+            str_pars = self.recvall(str_pars)
+            self.pars = " "*str_pars
+            if str_pars > 0:
+               self.pars = self.recv(len(self.pars))
+            self.needsinit = False
+         elif msg == Message("posdata"):
+            self.cellh = self.recvall(self.cellh)
+            self.cellih = self.recvall(self.cellih)
+            self.nat = self.recvall(self.nat)
+            self._positions = np.zeros((self.nat,3),np.float64)
+            self._positions = self.recvall(self._positions)
+            self._getforce()
+            self.havedata = True
+         elif msg == Message("getforce"):
+            self.sendall(Message("forceready"))
+            self.sendall(self._potential, 8)
+            self.sendall(self.nat, 4)
+            self.sendall(self._force, len(self._force)*8)
+            self.havedata=False
+         else:
+            print >>sys.stderr, " @CLIENT: Couldn't understand command:", msg
+            break