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WebSocket Client for Ruby
WebSocket-EventMachine-Client is Ruby WebSocket client based on EventMachine.
Installation
gem install websocket-eventmachine-client
or in Gemfile
gem 'websocket-eventmachine-client'
Simple client example
EM.run do
ws = WebSocket::EventMachine::Client.connect(:uri => 'ws://localhost:8080')
ws.onopen do
puts "Connected"
end
ws.onmessage do |msg, type|
puts "Received message: #{msg}"
end
ws.onclose do |code, reason|
puts "Disconnected with status code: #{code}"
end
EventMachine.next_tick do
ws.send "Hello Server!"
end
end
UNIX Domain client
You can connect to a local UNIX domain socket instead of a remote TCP
socket using connect_unix_domain
:
EM.run do
ws = WebSocket::EventMachine::Client.connect_unix_domain('/var/run/wss.sock')
# . . .
end
You can optionally specify the :version
, :headers
, and :ssl
options to the method.
Options
Following options can be passed to WebSocket::EventMachine::Client initializer:
[String] :host
- IP or host of server to connect[Integer] :port
- Port of server to connect[String] :uri
- Full URI for server(optional - use instead of host/port combination)[Integer] :version
- Version of WebSocket to use. Default: 13[Hash] :headers
- HTTP headers to use in the handshake. Example:{'Cookie' => 'COOKIENAME=Value'}
[Boolean] :ssl
- Force SSL/TLS regardless of URI scheme or port
Methods
Following methods are available for WebSocket::EventMachine::Client object:
onopen
Called after successfully connecting.
Example:
ws.onopen do
puts "Client connected"
end
onclose
Called after closing connection.
Parameters:
[Integer] code
- status code[String] reason
- optional reason for closure
Example:
ws.onclose do |code, reason|
puts "Client disconnected with status code: #{code} and reason: #{reason}"
end
onmessage
Called when client receive message.
Parameters:
[String] message
- content of message[Symbol] type
- type is type of message(:text or :binary)
Example:
ws.onmessage do |msg, type|
puts "Received message: #{msg} or type: #{type}"
end
onerror
Called when client discovers error.
Parameters:
[String] error
- error reason.
Example:
ws.onerror do |error|
puts "Error occured: #{error}"
end
onping
Called when client receive ping request. Pong request is sent automatically.
Parameters:
[String] message
- message for ping request.
Example:
ws.onping do |message|
puts "Ping received: #{message}"
end
onpong
Called when client receive pong response.
Parameters:
[String] message
- message for pong response.
Example:
ws.onpong do |message|
puts "Pong received: #{message}"
end
send
Sends message to server.
Parameters:
[String] message
- message that should be sent to server[Hash] params
- params for message(optional)[Symbol] :type
- type of message. Valid values are :text, :binary(default is :text)
Example:
ws.send "Hello Server!"
ws.send "binary data", :type => :binary
close
Closes connection and optionally send close frame to server.
Parameters:
[Integer] code
- code of closing, according to WebSocket specification(optional)[String] data
- data to send in closing frame(optional)
Example:
ws.close
ping
Sends ping request.
Parameters:
[String] data
- data to send in ping request(optional)
Example:
ws.ping 'Hi'
pong
Sends pong request. Usually there should be no need to send this request, as pong responses are sent automatically by client.
Parameters:
[String] data
- data to send in pong request(optional)
Example:
ws.pong 'Hello'
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License
(The MIT License)
Copyright © 2012 Bernard Potocki
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the ‘Software’), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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