code: def send(self, command):
          
          cmd = json.dumps(command)
          cmd = "{:04d}".format(len(cmd)) + cmd
          msg_length = len(cmd)
  
          # make the first time connection
          if not self.firstDone:
              logger.info('Initiating first time socket connection.')
              self.__connect()
              self.firstDone = True
  
          # Send the message the to the server
          totalsent = 0
          while totalsent < msg_length:
              try:
                  logger.debug("Sending: %s", cmd[totalsent:])
                  sent = self.sock.send(cmd[totalsent:])
                  totalsent = totalsent + sent
              except socket.error as e:
                  logger.exception("Reconneting due to socket error. %s", e)
                  self.__connect()
                  logger.info("Reconnected to socket.")
  
          # Check and receive the response if available
          parts = []
          resp_length = 0
          received = 0
          done = False
          while not done:
              part = self.sock.recv(1024)
              if part == "":
                  logger.error("Socket connection broken, read empty.")
                  self.__connect()
                  logger.info("Reconnected to socket.")
  
              # Find out the length of the response
              if len(part) > 0 and resp_length == 0:
                  resp_length = int(part[0:4])
                  part = part[4:]
  
              # Set Done flag
              received = received + len(part)
              if received >= resp_length:
                  done = True
  
              parts.append(part)
  
          response = "".join(parts)
          # return the JSON as a namedtuple object
          return json.loads(response)
docs: send function sends the command to the oxd server and recieves the
          response.
  
          Parameters:
              * **command (dict):** Dict representation of the JSON command string
  
          Returns:
              **response (dict):** The JSON response from the oxd Server as a dict