siketyan/websocket.sh

🔌 A simple WebSocket client library, written only in Shell Script.

websocket.sh

A simple WebSocket implementation, written only in Shell Script.

Installation

$ ./make.sh

Usage

1. Load the built script.

   . ./websocket.sh

2. Creating a Pipe to handle the stream.

   HANDLE="$(ws_create)"

3. Prepare functions to handle events.

   on_message() {
     MESSAGE="$1"
     echo "on_message: $MESSAGE"
   }
   
   on_connect() {
     echo "on_connect"
     # TODO: Start sending something...
   }

4. Connect to your server.

   ws_connect "hostname.local" "80" "/connect" "on_message" "on_connect"
   # ws_connect [hostname] [port] [path] [on_message] [on_connect]

5. Send something.

   ws_write "Hey!"