Alternative for input() suitable for servers

[winnetrie]

If i use the input() function on my server, the server freezes because it waits for an input.
How can read what i write in the console? I need this to use commands for example but also to send messages to clients

[Larz60+]

myvar = input('type something: ')
print(myvar)

[Gribouillis]

If i use the input() function on my server, the server freezes because it waits for an input.

"Server" is a blanket term, it can mean anything. If you don't explain the issue with more details, it is very difficult to help.

[winnetrie]

I'm not sure what is not understandable with "server". For me a server is a server. I don't know how to explain that better, but i'll give it a try:
So the server i have, hosted on my own pc for now, has to become a login server for clients( made in gamemaker).

People can registrate on my website to create an account. The client can use that account to login on the server, that will verify that account. Account data is stored in the database.
I also want to add some extra features to the server, like a chatbox, friendlist. More important, i also want to be able to use commands (self made commands) in the console. But to read some input from the console i usually use input(). Alas input() is also blocking, so the server freezes all activity untill it gets that input(). Ofcourse i do not want it to freeze. I create a new thread for each client, wich works fine (i think), i also create a thread for the server itself (for sending commands or if sending customized messages)but then again input() just freezes the whole program. So here i am to ask advice or an alternative solution to be able to read input without freezing the whole program.
I am used to program in gamemaker studio 2 (GMS2), GMS2 has a builtin variable "keyboard_string". This variable returns keyboard input and you can reset it or empty it just by doing keyboard_string = "" Simple as that. I couldn't find anything like that in python. I googled alot but i can only find amazing complex solutions wich do not work either (or i'm doing something wrong)


I hope it is understandable now

[micseydel]

I would have expected threads to help. The last thing I would try with them, which you didn't seem to describe, would be to call input() in a separate thread. It's hard to comment on your code without... seeing any code.

Other than that, I think using input() in a server context like that is weird. What would probably be better is some kind of admin dashboard through your webapp.