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How to Build a WebSocket Echo Server in Python with asyncio

Create a simple WebSocket echo server using the websockets library and asyncio to handle concurrent connections.

websockets asyncio server
Python
import asyncio
import websockets

async def echo(websocket):
    async for message in websocket:
        await websocket.send(f"Echo: {message}")

async def main():
    async with websockets.serve(echo, "localhost", 8765):
        print("WebSocket server started on ws://localhost:8765")
        await asyncio.Future() …
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Microservices patterns easy

Correlation ID HTTP header mock in Python

A lightweight HTTP server that echoes or generates correlation IDs to help test distributed systems.

correlation-id http-server mock
Python
import json
import uuid
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer


class CorrelationHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    CORRELATION_HEADER = "X-Correlation-ID"

    def do_GET(self):
        correlation_id = self.headers.get(self.CORRELATION_HEADER) or str(uuid.uuid4())
        response = {
        …
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