PYTHON

socket always listen in thread python

import socket
from threading import Thread
from cmd import Cmd

# basic threading tutorial: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python3/python_multithreading.htm

class ThreadedServer(Thread):

  def __init__(self):
    Thread.__init__(self)  # change here
    self.host = "127.0.0.1"
    self.port = int(8080)
    self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
    self.sock.bind((self.host, self.port))

  def run(self):    # change here
    self.sock.listen(5)
    print("[Info]: Listening for connections on {0}, port {1}".format(self.host,self.port))
    while True:
        print("Hello?") # Just debug for now
        client, address = self.sock.accept()
        client.settimeout(60)
        Thread(target = self.listenToClient, args = (client,address)).start()   # change here

  def listenToClient(self, client, address):
    size = 1024
    while True:
        try:
            data = client.recv(size)
            if data:
                # Set the response to echo back the recieved data
                response = data
                client.send(response)
            else:
                raise error('Client disconnected')
        except:
            client.close()
            return False


class CommandInput(Cmd):
  # Able to accept user input here but is irrelevant right now
  pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
  print("[Info]: Loading complete.")

  server = ThreadedServer()  # change here
  server.start()  # change here

  print("[Info]: Server ready!")

  prompt = CommandInput()
  prompt.prompt = '> '
  prompt.cmdloop("[Info]: Type 'help' for a list of commands and their descriptions/use")