shamahn / go-websocket

:speaker: Easy way to setup a rich Websocket server and client side for Go Programming Language

The package go-websocket provides an easy way to setup a rich Websocket server and client side.

It's already tested on production & used on Iris.

Installation

The only requirement is the Go Programming Language, at least v1.7.

$ go get -u github.com/kataras/go-websocket

Examples

To view working examples please navigate to the ./examples folder.

Docs

WebSocket is a protocol providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the IETF as RFC 6455 in 2011, and the WebSocket API in Web IDL is being standardized by the W3C.

WebSocket is designed to be implemented in web browsers and web servers, but it can be used by any client or server application. The WebSocket protocol is an independent TCP-based protocol. Its only relationship to HTTP is that its handshake is interpreted by HTTP servers as an Upgrade request. The WebSocket protocol makes more interaction between a browser and a website possible, facilitating real-time data transfer from and to the server.

Read more about Websockets on Wikipedia.

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Configuration

// Config the websocket server configuration
type Config struct {
	Error       func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, status int, reason error)
	CheckOrigin func(req *http.Request) bool
	// WriteTimeout time allowed to write a message to the connection.
	// 0 means no timeout.
	// Default value is 0
	WriteTimeout time.Duration
	// ReadTimeout time allowed to read a message from the connection.
	// 0 means no timeout.
	// Default value is 0
	ReadTimeout time.Duration
	// PongTimeout allowed to read the next pong message from the connection.
	// Default value is 60 * time.Second
	PongTimeout time.Duration
	// PingPeriod send ping messages to the connection with this period. Must be less than PongTimeout.
	// Default value is 60 *time.Second
	PingPeriod time.Duration
	// MaxMessageSize max message size allowed from connection.
	// Default value is 1024
	MaxMessageSize int64
	// BinaryMessages set it to true in order to denotes binary data messages instead of utf-8 text
	// compatible if you wanna use the Connection's EmitMessage to send a custom binary data to the client, like a native server-client communication.
	// defaults to false
	BinaryMessages bool
	// ReadBufferSize is the buffer size for the underline reader
	// Default value is 4096
	ReadBufferSize int
	// WriteBufferSize is the buffer size for the underline writer
	// Default value is 4096
	WriteBufferSize int
	// IDGenerator used to create (and later on, set)
	// an ID for each incoming websocket connections (clients).
	// The request is an argument which you can use to generate the ID (from headers for example).
	// If empty then the ID is generated by DefaultIDGenerator: randomString(64)
	IDGenerator func(*http.Request) string
}

OUTLINE

// ws := websocket.New(websocket.Config...{})
// ws.websocket.OnConnection(func(c websocket.Connection){})
// or package-default
websocket.OnConnection(func(c websocket.Connection){})

Connection's methods

ID() string

Request() *http.Request

// Receive from the client
On("anyCustomEvent", func(message string) {})
On("anyCustomEvent", func(message int){})
On("anyCustomEvent", func(message bool){})
On("anyCustomEvent", func(message anyCustomType){})
On("anyCustomEvent", func(){})

// Receive a native websocket message from the client
// compatible without need of import the iris-ws.js to the .html
OnMessage(func(message []byte){})

// Send to the client
Emit("anyCustomEvent", string)
Emit("anyCustomEvent", int)
Emit("anyCustomEvent", bool)
Emit("anyCustomEvent", anyCustomType)

// Send native websocket messages
// with config.BinaryMessages = true
// useful when you use proto or something like this.
//
// compatible without need of import the go-websocket.js to the .html
EmitMessage([]byte("anyMessage"))

// Send to specific client(s)
To("otherConnectionId").Emit/EmitMessage...
To("anyCustomRoom").Emit/EmitMessage...

// Send to all opened connections/clients
To(websocket.All).Emit/EmitMessage...

// Send to all opened connections/clients EXCEPT this client
To(websocket.Broadcast).Emit/EmitMessage...

// Rooms, group of connections/clients
Join("anyCustomRoom")
Leave("anyCustomRoom")


// Fired when the connection is closed
OnDisconnect(func(){})

// Force-disconnect the client from the server-side
Disconnect() error

FAQ

Explore these questions or navigate to the community chat.

Versioning

Current: v0.1.0

People

The author of go-websocket is @kataras.

If you're willing to donate, feel free to send any amount through paypal

Contributing

If you are interested in contributing to the go-websocket project, please make a PR.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

License can be found here.