server2.py

"""
USAGE - The code sets up a server that listens on a specified IP address and port number for 
        incoming client connections. It creates a thread for each connected client that 
        continuously listens for messages from the client and broadcasts them to all other 
        connected clients. When a client disconnects, it is removed from the set of connected 
        client sockets. The code also ensures that the server socket and all client sockets are 
        properly closed when the program ends.
"""
import socket
from threading import Thread

# server's IP address
SERVER_HOST = "0.0.0.0"
SERVER_PORT = 5002 # port we want to use
separator_token = "<SEP>" # we will use this to separate the client name & message


# initialize list/set of all connected client's sockets
client_sockets = set()
# create a TCP socket
s = socket.socket()
# make the port as reusable port
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
# bind the socket to the address we specified
s.bind((SERVER_HOST, SERVER_PORT))
# listen for upcoming connections
s.listen(5)
print(f"[*] Listening as {SERVER_HOST}:{SERVER_PORT}")

def listen_for_client(cs):
    """
    This function keep listening for a message from `cs` socket
    Whenever a message is received, broadcast it to all other connected clients
    """
    while True:
        try:
            # keep listening for a message from `cs` socket
            
            msg = cs.recv(1024).decode()
            print(msg)
        except Exception as e:
            # client no longer connected
            # remove it from the set
            print(f"[!] Error: {e}")
            client_sockets.remove(cs)
        else:
            # if we received a message, replace the <SEP> 
            # token with ": " for nice printing
            msg = msg.replace(separator_token, ": ")
        # iterate over all connected sockets
        for client_socket in client_sockets:
            # and send the message
            client_socket.send(msg.encode())


while True:
    # we keep listening for new connections all the time
    client_socket, client_address = s.accept()
    print(f"[+] {client_address} connected.")
    # add the new connected client to connected sockets
    client_sockets.add(client_socket)
    # start a new thread that listens for each client's messages
    t = Thread(target=listen_for_client, args=(client_socket,))
    # make the thread daemon so it ends whenever the main thread ends
    t.daemon = True
    # start the thread
    t.start()

# close client sockets
for cs in client_sockets:
    cs.close()
# close server socket
s.close()