server_select.py

import select
import socket
import sys

HOST = ''
PORT = 8888
backlog =5
size=1024

server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.bind ((HOST, PORT))
server.listen(backlog)
input = [server, sys.stdin]
running = 1

while running:
 inputready, outputready, exceptready = select.select(input, [],[]) # select dumps in 3
 
 for s in inputready:

 if s == server:
 client, address = server.accept()
 input.append(client)

 elif s == sys.stdin:
 junk = sys.stdin.readline()
 running = 0

 else:
 data = s.recv(size)
 if data:
 print data
 s.send('server: ' + data)
 else:
 s.close()
 input.remove(s)

server.close()