websocket-client/websocket-client

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

websocket-client is a Python library implementing the WebSocket protocol (hybi-13 / RFC 6455) with both low-level and higher-level APIs. It supports connections over TCP and SSL, optional SOCKS/HTTP proxy usage, and automatic reconnection via the run_forever method.

Use cases

• connect to a websocket server from python
• stream real-time data over websockets
• subscribe to a websocket api feed
• send and receive websocket messages in python
• build a websocket client with automatic reconnect
• use websockets through a socks proxy

When to choose

• you need a mature, widely-used websocket client for Python 3.10+
• you want low-level control over websocket frames and connections
• you need proxy support or SSL websocket connections

When to avoid

• you need permessage-deflate compression (RFC 7692 is not supported)
• you want an asyncio-native websocket client (consider the 'websockets' library)
• you need a websocket server implementation

Facets

library · maturity stable

websocket http-client web-development backend networking developer-tools python cross-platform websocket-client rfc-6455 hybi-13 low-level-api real-time

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