Python: connect to a websocket and send a message without any asyncio complications

wss.py

#
# Requirements:
# - websocket-client==1.6.2
#

from websocket import create_connection


def select_origin_header(extra_headers):
    origin = None
    headers_no_origin = []

    for header in extra_headers:
        if header.lower().startswith("origin:"):
            origin = header.lower().replace("origin: ", "")
        else:
            headers_no_origin.append(header)
    return origin, headers_no_origin


def wss_connect(ws_url, message="Hello", extra_headers=None):
    # Needed to avoid sending the Origin HTTP header twice
    origin, extra_headers = select_origin_header(extra_headers)

    ws = create_connection(ws_url, timeout=3, header=extra_headers)
    #print("<<<", ws.recv())
    print(f"Sending message '{message}'")
    ws.send(message)
    result = ws.recv()
    print(f"<<< Received '{result}'")
    ws.close()

    return result