import asyncio import websockets async def hello(): uri = "ws://w02:50005/messages" async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket: name = "Andreas" await websocket.send(name) print(f"> {name}") while True: greeting = await websocket.recv() print(f"< {greeting}") if greeting == "bye": break print('out of here') asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(hello())