Is there a way to listen to multiple python sockets at once

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can i listen to multiple sockets at once

10 The code i am using to monitor the sockets at the moment is:

while True:
for sock in socks:
data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024) # buffer size is 1024 bytes
2 print "received message:", data

but that waits at the line:

data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024) # buffer size is 1024 bytes

until it recieves a message.

Is there a way to make it listen to multiple sockets at once

EDIT: not sure if it is completely relevant but i am using UDP

python sockets

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Yes, there is. You need to use non-blocking calls to receive from the sockets. Check out the
select module
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If you are reading from the sockets here is how you use it:

while True:
# this will block until at least one socket is ready
ready_socks,_,_ = select.select(socks, [], [])
for sock in ready_socks:
data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024) # This is will not block
print "received message:", data

Note: you can also pass an extra argument to select.select() which is a timeout. This will
keep it from blocking forever if no sockets become ready.
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thanks that worked perfectly, this example was also really helpful – Calum Feb 26 '13 at 23:43

Glad to have been of help :) – entropy Feb 26 '13 at 23:46

A slight update to entropy's answer for Python 3: The selectors module allows high-level and
efficient I/O multiplexing, built upon the select module primitives. Users are encouraged to use
0 this module instead, unless they want precise control over the OS-level primitives used. As
per the documentation

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