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diff --git a/python/vyos/proto/vyconf_client.py b/python/vyos/proto/vyconf_client.py
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+# Copyright 2025 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import socket
+from dataclasses import asdict
+
+from vyos.proto import vyconf_proto
+from vyos.proto import vyconf_pb2
+
+from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToDict
+from google.protobuf.json_format import ParseDict
+
+socket_path = '/var/run/vyconfd.sock'
+
+
+def send_socket(msg: bytearray) -> bytes:
+    data = bytes()
+    client = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    client.connect(socket_path)
+    client.sendall(msg)
+
+    data_length = client.recv(4)
+    if data_length:
+        length = int.from_bytes(data_length)
+        data = client.recv(length)
+
+    client.close()
+
+    return data
+
+
+def request_to_msg(req: vyconf_proto.RequestEnvelope) -> vyconf_pb2.RequestEnvelope:
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    msg = vyconf_pb2.RequestEnvelope()
+    msg = ParseDict(asdict(req), msg, ignore_unknown_fields=True)
+    return msg
+
+
+def msg_to_response(msg: vyconf_pb2.Response) -> vyconf_proto.Response:
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    d = MessageToDict(msg, preserving_proto_field_name=True)
+
+    response = vyconf_proto.Response(**d)
+    return response
+
+
+def write_request(req: vyconf_proto.RequestEnvelope) -> bytearray:
+    req_msg = request_to_msg(req)
+    encoded_data = req_msg.SerializeToString()
+    byte_size = req_msg.ByteSize()
+    length_bytes = byte_size.to_bytes(4)
+    arr = bytearray(length_bytes)
+    arr.extend(encoded_data)
+
+    return arr
+
+
+def read_response(msg: bytes) -> vyconf_proto.Response:
+    response_msg = vyconf_pb2.Response()  # pylint: disable=no-member
+    response_msg.ParseFromString(msg)
+    response = msg_to_response(response_msg)
+
+    return response
+
+
+def send_request(name, *args, **kwargs):
+    func = getattr(vyconf_proto, f'set_request_{name}')
+    request_env = func(*args, **kwargs)
+    msg = write_request(request_env)
+    response_msg = send_socket(msg)
+    response = read_response(response_msg)
+
+    return response