Echo Server with Timeouts : Server « Network « Python Tutorial

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import socket, traceback

host = '127.0.0.1'
port = 51423

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
s.bind((host, port))
s.listen(1)

while 1:
    try:
        clientsock, clientaddr = s.accept()

        clientsock.settimeout(5)
        print "Got connection from", clientsock.getpeername()
        while 1:
            data = clientsock.recv(4096)
            if not len(data):
                break
            clientsock.sendall(data)

        clientsock.close()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        raise
    except:
        traceback.print_exc()