from socketserver import StreamRequestHandler, TCPServer class EchoHandler(StreamRequestHandler): def handle(self): print('Got connection from', self.client_address) # self.rfile is a file-like object for reading for line in self.rfile: # self.wfile is a file-like object for writing self.wfile.write(line) if __name__ == '__main__': import socket serv = TCPServer(('', 20000), EchoHandler, bind_and_activate=False) # Set up various socket options serv.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, True) # Bind and activate serv.server_bind() serv.server_activate() print('Echo server running on port 20000') serv.serve_forever()