server.py

import socket
import select

header_length = 10
IP = "127.0.0.1"
PORT = 1234

server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)

server_socket.bind((IP, PORT))

server_socket.listen()

socket_list = [server_socket]

clients = {}

def receive_message(client_socket):
    try:
        message_header = client_socket.recv(header_length)

        if not len(message_header):
            return False
        
        message_length = int(message_header.decode("utf-8").strip())
        return {"header": message_header, "data": client_socket.recv(message_length)}

    except:
        return False

while True