diff --git a/apps/com.example.wstest/assets/echo.py b/apps/com.example.wstest/assets/echo.py
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+# import mip
+# mip.install(aiohttp)
+
+import sys
+import ssl
+
+# ruff: noqa: E402
+sys.path.insert(0, ".")
+import aiohttp
+import asyncio
+
+try:
+    URL = sys.argv[1]  # expects a websocket echo server
+except Exception:
+    URL = "ws://echo.websocket.events"
+
+
+sslctx = False
+
+if URL.startswith("wss:"):
+    try:
+        sslctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        sslctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+async def ws_test_echo(session):
+    async with session.ws_connect(URL, ssl=sslctx) as ws:
+        await ws.send_str("hello world!\r\n")
+        async for msg in ws:
+            if msg.type == aiohttp.WSMsgType.TEXT:
+                print(msg.data)
+            if "close" in msg.data:
+                break
+            await ws.send_str("close\r\n")
+        await ws.close()
+
+
+async def main():
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        await ws_test_echo(session)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())