Python TCP server and client

client.py

import socket
import sys
import threading

socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
socket.connect(('127.0.0.1', 9999))

def read_from_socket(socket):
    while True:
        message = socket.recv(2048)
        if len(message) > 0:
            print(message.decode('utf-8'))

t = threading.Thread(target=read_from_socket, args=(socket,))
t.start()

while True:
    sockets_list = [sys.stdin, socket]
    message = input()
    socket.send(bytes(message, 'utf-8'))

socket.close()

server.py

import socket
import threading

server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)


server.bind(('0.0.0.0', 9999))
server.listen(100)

list_of_clients = []


def clientthread(conn, addr):
    conn.send(bytes("Welcome to this chatroom!", 'utf-8'))

    while True:
        try:
            message = conn.recv(2048)
            if message:
                message = message.decode('utf-8')

                print("<" + addr[0] + "> " + message)

                message_to_send = "<" + addr[0] + "> " + message
                message_to_send = bytes(message_to_send, 'utf-8')
                broadcast(message_to_send, conn)

            else:
                """message may have no content if the connection
                is broken, in this case we remove the connection"""
                remove(conn)

        except:
            continue


def broadcast(message, connection):
    for clients in list_of_clients:
        if clients != connection:
            try:
                clients.send(message)
            except:
                clients.close()
                remove(clients)



def remove(connection):
    if connection in list_of_clients:
        list_of_clients.remove(connection)


while True:
    conn, addr = server.accept()
    list_of_clients.append(conn)
    print(addr[0] + " connected")
    t = threading.Thread(target=clientthread, args=(conn, addr))
    t.start()

conn.close()
server.close()