server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import socket
from threading import Thread
from Queue import Queue
from time import sleep
import json

class ClientThread(Thread):
    def __init__(self, connection):
        super(ClientThread, self).__init__()

        self.recv = connection.recv
        self.send = connection.send
        self.que = Queue()

    def run(self):
        while True:
            cmd = self.que.get()
            self.send(json.dumps(cmd))
            if cmd == 'exit':
                break

class Control:
    def __init__(self):
        print 'Started server script.'

        s = Server()
        s.start()

        self.que = s.que
        self.loop()

    def loop(self):
        while True:
            cmd = raw_input('> ')
            if cmd == 'exit':
                self.que.put(cmd)
                break
            else:
                self.que.put(cmd)

class Server(Thread):
    clients = []
    def __init__(self):
        super(Server, self).__init__()
        self.que = Queue()

    def run(self):
        self.server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        self.server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
        server_address = ("localhost", 9006)

        self.server.bind(server_address)
        self.server.listen(5)

        while True:
            if not self.que.empty():
                cmd = self.que.get()

                if cmd.split(' ')[0] == 'accept':
                    self.loop(int(cmd.split(' ')[1]))
                    continue

                for client in self.clients:
                    client.que.put(cmd)

                if cmd == 'exit':
                    break
            else:
                sleep(0.1)

        for client in self.clients:
            client.join()

    def loop(self, iterations):
        for i in xrange(iterations):
            #print '\nAwaiting %i clients.' % num
            connection, client_address = self.server.accept()
            c = ClientThread(connection)
            self.clients.append(c)
            c.start()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    c = Control()