octarion/libuwsc

A Lightweight and fully asynchronous WebSocket client library based on libev

libuwsc(中文)

A Lightweight and fully asynchronous WebSocket client library based on libev for Embedded Linux. And provide Lua-binding.

Why should I choose libev?

libev tries to follow the UNIX toolbox philosophy of doing one thing only, as good as possible.

Features

• Lightweight - 35KB（Using glibc,stripped）
• Fully asynchronous - Use libev as its event backend
• Support ssl - OpenSSL, mbedtls and CyaSSl(wolfssl)
• Code structure is concise and understandable, also suitable for learning
• Lua-binding

Dependencies

• libev
• openssl - If you choose openssl as your SSL backend
• mbedtls(polarssl) - If you choose mbedtls as your SSL backend
• cyassl(wolfssl) - If you choose wolfssl as your SSL backend
• lua-ev - If you use Lua

Install dependent packages

sudo apt int libev-dev libssl-dev

Build and install

git clone --recursive https://github.com/zhaojh329/libuwsc.git
cd libuwsc
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make && sudo make install

Install on OpenWrt

opkg update
opkg list | grep libuwsc
opkg install libuwsc-nossl

If the install command fails, you can compile it yourself.

Contributing

If you would like to help making libuwsc better, see the CONTRIBUTING.md file.