drinkey / wssvc-go

wssvc-go

Command line arguments when launching server

• --serve ws://0.0.0.0:8081 the address to start the server. ws:// and wss:// are supported
• --cert --ca --pkey file path of wss, must be provided when protocol is wss://
• --file-root specify the root of files for reading, default is . (current directory)

$ wssvc --serve ws://:8888 --file-root /tmp

Server String

• ws://:8080 is same as ws://0.0.0.0:8080, which listens on *.*:8080 or say 0.0.0.0:8080, which allows connection to TCP 8080 port from anywhere.
• ws://localhost:8080 is same as ws://127.0.0.1:8080, which listens on 127.0.0.1:8080, which allows connection to TCP 8080 port from local host. Connections from locations other than localhost is not permitted.
• wss:// has the same behavior with ws://

Client side can control server side behavior using the following commands by sending text messages

• ping me asking server to send a Ping message to client
• pong me asking server to send a Pong message to client
• disconnect me asking server to send a Close message to client
• start ping me asking server to start to ping client forever every a few seconds
• stop ping me asking server to stop to ping client
• send me file://test.docx asking server to send a file under fileroot to client