== Websocket
This chapter describes how to use the Gun client for
communicating with a Websocket server.
@todo recovering from connection failure
reconnecting to Websocket etc.
=== HTTP upgrade
Websocket is a protocol built on top of HTTP. To use Websocket,
you must first request for the connection to be upgraded. Only
HTTP/1.1 connections can be upgraded to Websocket, so you might
need to restrict the protocol to HTTP/1.1 if you are planning
to use Websocket over TLS.
@todo add option to disable specific protocols
You must use the `gun_ws:upgrade/{2,3}` function to upgrade
to Websocket. This function can be called anytime after connection,
so you can send HTTP requests before upgrading to Websocket.
.Upgrade to Websocket
[source,erlang]
gun:ws_upgrade(ConnPid, "/websocket").
Gun will set all the necessary headers for performing the
Websocket upgrade, but you can specify additional headers
if needed. For example you can request a custom sub-protocol.
.Upgrade to Websocket and request a protocol
[source,erlang]
gun:ws_upgrade(ConnPid, "/websocket", [
{<<"sec-websocket-protocol">>, "mychat"}
]).
The success or failure of this operation will be sent as a
message.
@todo hmm we want the headers to be sent in the gun_ws_upgrade ok message too
[source,erlang]
receive
{gun_ws_upgrade, ConnPid, ok} ->
upgrade_success(ConnPid);
{gun_ws_upgrade, ConnPid, error, IsFin, Status, Headers} ->
exit({ws_upgrade_failed, Status, Headers});
%% More clauses here as needed.
after 1000 ->
exit(timeout);
end.
=== Sending data
Once the Websocket upgrade has completed successfully, you no
longer have access to functions for performing requests. You
can only send and receive Websocket messages.
Use `gun:ws_send/2` to send one or more messages to the server.
@todo Implement sending of N frames
.Send a text frame
[source,erlang]
gun:ws_send(ConnPid, {text, "Hello!"}).
.Send a text frame, a binary frame and then close the connection
[source,erlang]
gun:ws_send(ConnPid, [
{text, "Hello!"},
{binary, BinaryValue},
close
]).
Note that if you send a close frame, Gun will close the connection
cleanly and will not attempt to reconnect afterwards, similar to
calling `gun:shutdown/1`.
=== Receiving data
Gun sends an Erlang message to the owner process for every
Websocket message it receives.
[source,erlang]
receive
{gun_ws, ConnPid, Frame} ->
handle_frame(ConnPid, Frame)
end.
@todo auto ping has not been implemented yet
Gun will automatically send ping messages to the server to keep
the connection alive, however if the connection dies and Gun has
to reconnect it will not upgrade to Websocket automatically, you
need to perform the operation when you receive the `gun_error`
message.
