import socket, select s = socket.socket() host = socket.gethostname() port = 1234 s.bind((host, port)) s.listen(5) inputs = [s] while True: rs, ws, es = select.select(inputs, [], []) for r in rs: if r is s: c, addr = s.accept() print('Got connection from', addr) inputs.append(c) else: try: data = r.recv(1024) disconnected = not data except socket.error: disconnected = True if disconnected: print r.getpeername(), 'disconnected' inputs.remove(r) else: print data