# Testing WebSockets

You can use the same `TestClient` to test WebSockets.

For this, you use the `TestClient` in a `with` statement, connecting to the WebSocket:

```Python hl_lines="27-31"
{!../../docs_src/app_testing/tutorial002.py!}
```

/// note

For more details, check Starlette's documentation for <a href="https://www.starlette.io/testclient/#testing-websocket-sessions" class="external-link" target="_blank">testing WebSockets</a>.

  fun newBuilder(): Builder = commonNewBuilder()

  /**
   * Returns true if `other` is a `Headers` object with the same headers, with the same casing, in
   * the same order. Note that two headers instances may be *semantically* equal but not equal
   * according to this method. In particular, none of the following sets of headers are equal
   * according to this method:

   * iterator (used as the target iterator).
   *
   * <p>This IteratorTester makes copies of the master so that it can later verify that {@link
   * PeekingIterator#remove()} removes the same elements as the reference's iterator {@code
   * #remove()}.
   */
  private static class PeekingIteratorTester<T extends @Nullable Object> extends IteratorTester<T> {
    private Iterable<T> master;

   * Calling this method is as thread-safe as calling that method.
   *
   * @param collection a collection of {@code Number} instances
   * @return an array containing the same values as {@code collection}, in the same order, converted
   *     to primitives
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code collection} or any of its elements is null
   * @since 1.0 (parameter was {@code Collection<Integer>} before 12.0)
   */

    // Because we happen to use the same formula. If that changes, just don't override this.
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return parent.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return parent.toString();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if {@code object} is an {@code ImmutableDoubleArray} containing the same

  }

  /**
   * Creates an ImmutableMap from the first n entries in entryArray. This implementation may replace
   * the entries in entryArray with its own entry objects (though they will have the same key/value
   * contents), and may take ownership of entryArray.
   */
  static <K, V> ImmutableMap<K, V> fromEntryArray(
      int n, @Nullable Entry<K, V>[] entryArray, boolean throwIfDuplicateKeys) {

   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public SortedSet<V> removeAll(@CheckForNull Object key) {
    return (SortedSet<V>) super.removeAll(key);
  }

  /**
   * Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing values for that key.
   * The returned collection is immutable.
   *
   * <p>Because a {@code SortedSetMultimap} has unique sorted values for a given key, this method

    assertFalse(completed);
    thread.start();
    thread.join();
    assertTrue(completed);

    // Creating a new thread from the same ThreadFactory will have the same
    // pool ID but a thread ID of 2.
    Thread thread2 = threadFactory.newThread(monitoredRunnable);
    checkThreadPoolName(thread2, 2);
    assertEquals(

    for (prefixFlag in prefixFlags) {
      FLAGS[prefixFlag or FLAG_PADDED] = FLAGS[prefixFlag] + "|PADDED"
    }

    FLAGS[FLAG_END_HEADERS] = "END_HEADERS" // Same as END_PUSH_PROMISE.
    FLAGS[FLAG_PRIORITY] = "PRIORITY" // Same as FLAG_COMPRESSED.
    FLAGS[FLAG_END_HEADERS or FLAG_PRIORITY] = "END_HEADERS|PRIORITY" // Only valid on HEADERS.

  abstract int distinctElements();

  // Object methods

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>This implementation returns {@code true} if {@code object} is a multiset of the same size
   * and if, for each element, the two multisets have the same count.
   */
  @Override
  public final boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
    return Multisets.equalsImpl(this, object);
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}