websocket-ping 1.0.1

Small package to connect to and then send ping message to a websocket endpoint. Used for a quick test of ws servers.

ping_ws.py usage

setup

To install pip package

pip install websocket-ping

For dev version

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements_ws_ping.txt

cli interface

-w flag is for the websocket endpoint -d is the duration to test if the connection is maintained (in seconds)

python -m ping_ws.ping_ws -w wss://host/ws/ping/ -d [int]

examples

# Failure to connect - server rejecting connection
(.venv) $ python -m ping_ws.ping_ws -w wss://host/ws/ping/
Connection to wss unsuccessful: server rejected WebSocket connection: HTTP 502


# Success on connection
(.venv) $ python -m ping_ws.ping_ws -w ws://localhost:8000/ws/ping/
Successfully connected to ws://localhost:8000/ws/ping/, response to ping: pong
Maintained connection to ws://localhost:8000/ws/ping/, response to ping: pong
Success!