server.py

import json
import socket
import time


class Server:
    def __init__(self, ip, port):
        # -- Enable port reusage
        self.socket = socket.socket(
            socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP
        )
        # -- Enable broadcasting mode
        self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
        # -- Enable broadcasting mode
        self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1)
        self.socket.settimeout(None)
        self.ip = ip
        self.port = port

    def broadcast(self, message):
        # -- Broadcast the dictionary as a bytes-like object (string-like info) and empties
        broadcast_string = json.dumps(message, indent=3)

        self.socket.sendto(
            broadcast_string.encode("utf-8"),
            (self.ip, self.port),
        )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    server = Server("255.255.255.255", 50000)
    print("Server running...")
    while True:
        server.broadcast({"message": "hello world"})
        time.sleep(1)