#This program illustrates the client-server model using multithreading.

#Multiole clients can connect to server and each time a client connects a corresponding

#thread is created for handling client requests

import socket

import os

from _thread import *

ServerSocket = socket.socket()

host = '127.0.0.1'

port = 1233

ThreadCount = 0

try:

ServerSocket.bind((host, port))

except socket.error as e:

print(str(e))

print('Waitiing for a Connection..')

ServerSocket.listen(5)

#Function for handling requests by a thread

def threaded_client(connection):

connection.send(str.encode('Welcome to the Server\n'))

while True:

data = connection.recv(2048)

reply = 'Server Says: ' + data.decode('utf-8')

if not data:

break

connection.sendall(str.encode(reply))

connection.close()

while True:

Client, address = ServerSocket.accept()

print('Connected to: ' + address[0] + ':' + str(address[1]))

start_new_thread(threaded_client, (Client, ))

ThreadCount += 1

print('Thread Number: ' + str(ThreadCount))

ServerSocket.close()