diff --git a/stream/__init__.py b/stream/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from .stream import stream
diff --git a/stream/stream.py b/stream/stream.py
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+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from . import ws_client
+
+
+def stream(func, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Stream given API call using websocket"""
+
+    def _intercept_request_call(*args, **kwargs):
+        # old generated code's api client has config. new ones has
+        # configuration
+        try:
+            config = func.__self__.api_client.configuration
+        except AttributeError:
+            config = func.__self__.api_client.config
+
+        return ws_client.websocket_call(config, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    prev_request = func.__self__.api_client.request
+    try:
+        func.__self__.api_client.request = _intercept_request_call
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+    finally:
+        func.__self__.api_client.request = prev_request
diff --git a/stream/ws_client.py b/stream/ws_client.py
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+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
+
+import select
+import certifi
+import time
+import collections
+from websocket import WebSocket, ABNF, enableTrace
+import six
+import ssl
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode, quote_plus, urlparse, urlunparse
+
+STDIN_CHANNEL = 0
+STDOUT_CHANNEL = 1
+STDERR_CHANNEL = 2
+ERROR_CHANNEL = 3
+RESIZE_CHANNEL = 4
+
+
+class WSClient:
+    def __init__(self, configuration, url, headers):
+        """A websocket client with support for channels.
+
+            Exec command uses different channels for different streams. for
+        example, 0 is stdin, 1 is stdout and 2 is stderr. Some other API calls
+        like port forwarding can forward different pods' streams to different
+        channels.
+        """
+        enableTrace(False)
+        header = []
+        self._connected = False
+        self._channels = {}
+        self._all = ""
+
+        # We just need to pass the Authorization, ignore all the other
+        # http headers we get from the generated code
+        if headers and 'authorization' in headers:
+            header.append("authorization: %s" % headers['authorization'])
+
+        if configuration.ws_streaming_protocol:
+            header.append("Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: %s" %
+                          configuration.ws_streaming_protocol)
+
+        if url.startswith('wss://') and configuration.verify_ssl:
+            ssl_opts = {
+                'cert_reqs': ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
+                'ca_certs': configuration.ssl_ca_cert or certifi.where(),
+            }
+            if configuration.assert_hostname is not None:
+                ssl_opts['check_hostname'] = configuration.assert_hostname
+        else:
+            ssl_opts = {'cert_reqs': ssl.CERT_NONE}
+
+        if configuration.cert_file:
+            ssl_opts['certfile'] = configuration.cert_file
+        if configuration.key_file:
+            ssl_opts['keyfile'] = configuration.key_file
+
+        self.sock = WebSocket(sslopt=ssl_opts, skip_utf8_validation=False)
+        self.sock.connect(url, header=header)
+        self._connected = True
+
+    def peek_channel(self, channel, timeout=0):
+        """Peek a channel and return part of the input,
+        empty string otherwise."""
+        self.update(timeout=timeout)
+        if channel in self._channels:
+            return self._channels[channel]
+        return ""
+
+    def read_channel(self, channel, timeout=0):
+        """Read data from a channel."""
+        if channel not in self._channels:
+            ret = self.peek_channel(channel, timeout)
+        else:
+            ret = self._channels[channel]
+        if channel in self._channels:
+            del self._channels[channel]
+        return ret
+
+    def readline_channel(self, channel, timeout=None):
+        """Read a line from a channel."""
+        if timeout is None:
+            timeout = float("inf")
+        start = time.time()
+        while self.is_open() and time.time() - start < timeout:
+            if channel in self._channels:
+                data = self._channels[channel]
+                if "\n" in data:
+                    index = data.find("\n")
+                    ret = data[:index]
+                    data = data[index+1:]
+                    if data:
+                        self._channels[channel] = data
+                    else:
+                        del self._channels[channel]
+                    return ret
+            self.update(timeout=(timeout - time.time() + start))
+
+    def write_channel(self, channel, data):
+        """Write data to a channel."""
+        self.sock.send(chr(channel) + data)
+
+    def peek_stdout(self, timeout=0):
+        """Same as peek_channel with channel=1."""
+        return self.peek_channel(STDOUT_CHANNEL, timeout=timeout)
+
+    def read_stdout(self, timeout=None):
+        """Same as read_channel with channel=1."""
+        return self.read_channel(STDOUT_CHANNEL, timeout=timeout)
+
+    def readline_stdout(self, timeout=None):
+        """Same as readline_channel with channel=1."""
+        return self.readline_channel(STDOUT_CHANNEL, timeout=timeout)
+
+    def peek_stderr(self, timeout=0):
+        """Same as peek_channel with channel=2."""
+        return self.peek_channel(STDERR_CHANNEL, timeout=timeout)
+
+    def read_stderr(self, timeout=None):
+        """Same as read_channel with channel=2."""
+        return self.read_channel(STDERR_CHANNEL, timeout=timeout)
+
+    def readline_stderr(self, timeout=None):
+        """Same as readline_channel with channel=2."""
+        return self.readline_channel(STDERR_CHANNEL, timeout=timeout)
+
+    def read_all(self):
+        """Return buffered data received on stdout and stderr channels.
+        This is useful for non-interactive call where a set of command passed
+        to the API call and their result is needed after the call is concluded.
+        Should be called after run_forever() or update()
+
+        TODO: Maybe we can process this and return a more meaningful map with
+        channels mapped for each input.
+        """
+        out = self._all
+        self._all = ""
+        self._channels = {}
+        return out
+
+    def is_open(self):
+        """True if the connection is still alive."""
+        return self._connected
+
+    def write_stdin(self, data):
+        """The same as write_channel with channel=0."""
+        self.write_channel(STDIN_CHANNEL, data)
+
+    def update(self, timeout=0):
+        """Update channel buffers with at most one complete frame of input."""
+        if not self.is_open():
+            return
+        if not self.sock.connected:
+            self._connected = False
+            return
+        r, _, _ = select.select(
+            (self.sock.sock, ), (), (), timeout)
+        if r:
+            op_code, frame = self.sock.recv_data_frame(True)
+            if op_code == ABNF.OPCODE_CLOSE:
+                self._connected = False
+                return
+            elif op_code == ABNF.OPCODE_BINARY or op_code == ABNF.OPCODE_TEXT:
+                data = frame.data
+                if six.PY3:
+                    data = data.decode("utf-8")
+                if len(data) > 1:
+                    channel = ord(data[0])
+                    data = data[1:]
+                    if data:
+                        if channel in [STDOUT_CHANNEL, STDERR_CHANNEL]:
+                            # keeping all messages in the order they received for
+                            # non-blocking call.
+                            self._all += data
+                        if channel not in self._channels:
+                            self._channels[channel] = data
+                        else:
+                            self._channels[channel] += data
+
+    def run_forever(self, timeout=None):
+        """Wait till connection is closed or timeout reached. Buffer any input
+        received during this time."""
+        if timeout:
+            start = time.time()
+            while self.is_open() and time.time() - start < timeout:
+                self.update(timeout=(timeout - time.time() + start))
+        else:
+            while self.is_open():
+                self.update(timeout=None)
+
+    def close(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        close websocket connection.
+        """
+        self._connected = False
+        if self.sock:
+            self.sock.close(**kwargs)
+
+
+WSResponse = collections.namedtuple('WSResponse', ['data'])
+
+
+def get_websocket_url(url):
+    parsed_url = urlparse(url)
+    parts = list(parsed_url)
+    if parsed_url.scheme == 'http':
+        parts[0] = 'ws'
+    elif parsed_url.scheme == 'https':
+        parts[0] = 'wss'
+    return urlunparse(parts)
+
+
+def websocket_call(configuration, *args, **kwargs):
+    """An internal function to be called in api-client when a websocket
+    connection is required. args and kwargs are the parameters of
+    apiClient.request method."""
+
+    url = args[1]
+    query_params = kwargs.get("query_params", {})
+    _request_timeout = kwargs.get("_request_timeout", 60)
+    _preload_content = kwargs.get("_preload_content", True)
+    headers = kwargs.get("headers")
+
+    # Extract the command from the list of tuples
+    commands = None
+    for key, value in query_params:
+        if key == 'command':
+            commands = value
+            break
+
+    # drop command from query_params as we will be processing it separately
+    query_params = [(key, value) for key, value in query_params if
+                    key != 'command']
+
+    # if we still have query params then encode them
+    if query_params:
+        url += '?' + urlencode(query_params)
+
+    # tack on the actual command to execute at the end
+    if isinstance(commands, list):
+        for command in commands:
+            url += "&command=%s&" % quote_plus(command)
+    elif commands is not None:
+        url += '&command=' + quote_plus(commands)
+
+    try:
+        client = WSClient(configuration, get_websocket_url(url), headers)
+        if not _preload_content:
+            return client
+        client.run_forever(timeout=_request_timeout)
+        return WSResponse('%s' % ''.join(client.read_all()))
+    except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit) as e:
+        raise ApiException(status=0, reason=str(e))
diff --git a/stream/ws_client_test.py b/stream/ws_client_test.py
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+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+from .ws_client import get_websocket_url
+
+
+class WSClientTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_websocket_client(self):
+        for url, ws_url in [
+                ('http://localhost/api', 'ws://localhost/api'),
+                ('https://localhost/api', 'wss://localhost/api'),
+                ('https://domain.com/api', 'wss://domain.com/api'),
+                ('https://api.domain.com/api', 'wss://api.domain.com/api'),
+                ('http://api.domain.com', 'ws://api.domain.com'),
+                ('https://api.domain.com', 'wss://api.domain.com'),
+                ('http://api.domain.com/', 'ws://api.domain.com/'),
+                ('https://api.domain.com/', 'wss://api.domain.com/'),
+                ]:
+            self.assertEqual(get_websocket_url(url), ws_url)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()