Parse socket-recived dictionaries in the following format = {Key:Value,Key:Value} (sorry for lack of standards)

dict_parser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
 
DATA = {}
 
def parser(*args):
	'''Parse key-value pairs recived from client'''
	new_data = {}
	dict_data = args[0]
	for pair in dict_data:
		key, value = pair.split(':')
		if value.isdigit():
			value = int(value)
		new_data[key] = value
	return new_data
 
def server(port=4590):
	global DATA
 
	# Create a socket and establish connection
	server = socket.socket()
	server.bind(('0.0.0.0', port))
	server.listen(2)
 
	# Get client's socket object
	try:
		client, address = server.accept()
		print 'Client connected from {IP}:{PORT}'.format(IP = address[0], PORT = address[1])
		recived = str(client.recv(1024))
		# Reciving loop
		while True:
			recived += str(client.recv(1024))
			if recived.find('}') != -1:
				recived = recived[recived.find('{') + 1:recived.find('}')]
				recived = recived.split(',')
				DATA.update(parser(recived))
				recived = ''
				print 'Parsed Dictionary:'
				print DATA
				print '------------'
				client.close()
				client, address = server.accept()
				
	# Handle exceptions
	except Exception, e:
		print str(e)
 
	except KeyboardInterrupt:
		print '\nUser Terminated server.'
 
	finally:
		# Close the socket and terminate the connection
		print 'Closing server...'
		server.close()
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
	server()