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python socket select

Terrible Thrush answered on June 16, 2021 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 4/10

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python socket select

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import select
import socket
import sys
import Queue

# Create a TCP/IP socket
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.setblocking(0)

# Bind the socket to the port
server_addr = ('localhost', 10000)
print('starting server on {server_addr[0]}:{server_addr[1]}')
server.bind(server_address)
server.listen(5)

# Sockets from which we expect to read
inputs = [ server ]

# Sockets to which we expect to write
outputs = [ ]

# Outgoing message queues (socket:Queue)
message_queues = {}

while inputs:

    # Wait for at least one of the sockets to be ready for processing
    print('waiting for the next event')
    readable, writable, exceptional = select.select(inputs, outputs, inputs)

    # Handle inputs
    for s in readable:
        if s is server:
            # A "readable" server socket is ready to accept a connection
            connection, client_address = s.accept()
            print(f'new connection from {client_address}')
            connection.setblocking(False)
            inputs.append(connection)

            # Give the connection a queue for data we want to send
            message_queues[connection] = Queue.Queue()
        else:
            data = s.recv(1024)
            if data:
                # A readable client socket has data
                print(f'received "{data}" from {s.getpeername()}')
                message_queues[s].put(data)
                # Add output channel for response
                if s not in outputs:
                    outputs.append(s)
            else:
                # Interpret empty result as closed connection
                print(f'closing {client_address} after reading no data')
                # Stop listening for input on the connection
                if s in outputs:
                    outputs.remove(s)
                inputs.remove(s)
                s.close()
                
                # Remove message queue
                del message_queues[s]

    # Handle outputs
    for s in writable:
        try:
            next_msg = message_queues[s].get_nowait()
        except Queue.Empty:
            # No messages waiting so stop checking for writability.
            print(f'output queue for {s.getpeername()} is empty')
            outputs.remove(s)
        else:
            print(f'sending "{next_msg}" to {s.getpeername()}')
            s.send(next_msg)

    # Handle "exceptional conditions"
    for s in exceptional:
        print(f'handling exceptional condition for {s.getpeername()}')
        # Stop listening for input on the connection
        inputs.remove(s)
        if s in outputs:
            outputs.remove(s)
        s.close()
        # Remove message queue
        del message_queues[s]

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