🚀 Tkinter WebSocket + HTTP Client

A lightweight Python 3 desktop client built with tkinter for testing and interacting with servers via WebSocket and HTTP.

This tool is designed for developers who need a simple UI to send JSON-based commands, debug APIs, and monitor responses in real time.

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✨ Features

• 🧩 User-friendly GUI (Tkinter)
• ⚡ WebSocket support
  • Connect / Disconnect
  • Send JSON messages
  • Real-time response logging
• 🌐 HTTP client
  • Send customizable HTTP requests (method, headers, body)
• 📋 Command input
  • Paste or edit JSON commands easily
• 🎯 Quick presets
  • 5 selectable default commands for fast testing
• 🪵 Live logging panel
  • Displays connection status, requests, responses, and errors
• 🧵 Non-blocking UI
  • WebSocket and HTTP run in background threads
• ✅ JSON validation before sending

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🗂 Project Structure

tk_ws_http_client_refactored/
├── main.py
├── ui.py
├── ws_client.py
├── http_client.py
├── utilities.py
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

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⚙️ Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• tkinter (included with Python, Linux may need python3-tk)

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📦 Installation

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt

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▶️ Run

python main.py

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🧪 Usage

WebSocket

• Enter URL: ws://localhost:8765/ws
• Click Connect → Send → Disconnect

Example:

{
  "action": "ping",
  "timestamp": "2026-03-27T12:00:00Z"
}

HTTP

{
  "method": "POST",
  "path": "/api/commands",
  "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
  "body": {"action": "status"},
  "timeout": 10
}

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Python
• Tkinter
• requests
• websocket-client

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📄 License

Free to use and modify.