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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy_websocket(3)</span></h1>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cowboy_websocket - Websocket</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The module <code>cowboy_websocket</code> implements Websocket
as a Ranch protocol. It also defines a callback interface
for handling Websocket connections.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_options">Options</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="listingblock">
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">opts</span></span>() <span style="color: #990000">::</span> #{
<span style="color: #FF6600">websocket_compress</span> <span style="color: #990000">:=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">boolean</span></span>()
}</tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Configuration for the Websocket protocol.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This configuration is passed to Cowboy when starting listeners
using <code>cowboy:start_clear/4</code> or <code>cowboy:start_tls/4</code> functions.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>It can be updated without restarting listeners using the
Ranch functions <code>ranch:get_protocol_options/1</code> and
<code>ranch:set_protocol_options/2</code>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The default value is given next to the option name:</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
websocket_compress (false)
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Whether to enable the Websocket frame compression
extension. Frames will only be compressed for the
clients that support this extension.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_callbacks">Callbacks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Websocket handlers must implement the following callback
interface:</p></div>
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">init</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>)
<span style="color: #990000">-></span> {<span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_websocket</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_websocket</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">hibernate</span>}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_websocket</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">timeout</span></span>()}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_websocket</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">timeout</span></span>(), <span style="color: #FF6600">hibernate</span>}
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">websocket_init</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">State</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-></span> <span style="color: #009900">CallResult</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">%% optional</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">websocket_handle</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">InFrame</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-></span> <span style="color: #009900">CallResult</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">websocket_info</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Info</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-></span> <span style="color: #009900">CallResult</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">terminate</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>, <span style="color: #000080">undefined</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">%% optional</span></span>
<span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:req</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">State</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">any</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">InFrame</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> {<span style="color: #FF6600">text</span> | <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">ping</span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">pong</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span>()}
<span style="color: #009900">OutFrame</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cow_ws:frame</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">Info</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">any</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">CallResult</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">hibernate</span>}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">reply</span>, <span style="color: #009900">OutFrame</span> | [<span style="color: #009900">OutFrame</span>], <span style="color: #009900">State</span>}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">reply</span>, <span style="color: #009900">OutFrame</span> | [<span style="color: #009900">OutFrame</span>], <span style="color: #009900">State</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">hibernate</span>}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">stop</span>, <span style="color: #009900">State</span>}
<span style="color: #009900">Reason</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">normal</span></span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">stop</span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">timeout</span>
| <span style="color: #FF6600">remote</span> | {<span style="color: #FF6600">remote</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cow_ws:close_code</span></span>(), <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span>()}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">error</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">badencoding</span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">badframe</span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">closed</span> | <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">atom</span></span>()}
| {<span style="color: #FF6600">crash</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">error</span> | <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span> | <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">throw</span></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">any</span></span>()}</tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>init/2</code> callback is common to all handlers. To upgrade
the connection to Websocket, it must return <code>cowboy_websocket</code>
as the first element of the tuple.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Any operation requiring the HTTP request must be done in the
<code>init/2</code> function, as the Req object will not be available
after it returns. Websocket sub-protocol selection should
therefore be done in this function.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The optional <code>websocket_init/1</code> callback will be called once
the connection has been upgraded to Websocket. It can be used
to perform any required initialization of the handler.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that the <code>init/2</code> function does not run in the same
process as the Websocket callbacks. Any Websocket-specific
initialization must be done in <code>websocket_init/1</code>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>websocket_handle/2</code> callback will be called for every
frame received. The <code>websocket_info/2</code> callback will be
called for every Erlang message received.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>All three Websocket callbacks may send one or more frames
back to the client (by returning a <code>reply</code> tuple) or terminate
the connection (by sending a <code>close</code> frame or returning a <code>stop</code>
tuple).</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The optional <code>terminate/3</code> callback will ultimately be called
with the reason for the termination of the connection. This
callback is common to all handlers. Note that Websocket has
no concept of requests so it sets the second argument to
undefined.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy will terminate the process right after closing the
Websocket connection. This means that there is no need to
perform any cleanup in the <code>terminate/3</code> callback.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The following terminate reasons are defined for Websocket
connections:</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
normal
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The connection was closed normally before establishing a Websocket
connection. This typically happens if an <code>ok</code> tuple is returned
from the <code>init/2</code> callback.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
remote
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The remote endpoint closed the connection without giving any
further details.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{remote, Code, Payload}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The remote endpoint closed the connection with the given
<code>Code</code> and <code>Payload</code> as the reason.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
stop
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The handler requested to close the connection, either by returning
a <code>stop</code> tuple or by sending a <code>close</code> frame.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
timeout
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The connection has been closed due to inactivity. The timeout
value can be configured from <code>init/2</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{crash, Class, Reason}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A crash occurred in the handler. <code>Class</code> and <code>Reason</code> can be
used to obtain more information about the crash. The function
<code>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</code> can also be called to obtain the
stacktrace of the process when the crash occurred.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, badencoding}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A text frame was sent by the client with invalid encoding. All
text frames must be valid UTF-8.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, badframe}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A protocol error has been detected.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, closed}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The socket has been closed brutally without a close frame being
received first.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, Reason}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A socket error ocurred.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_changelog">Changelog</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>2.0</strong>: The Req object is no longer passed to Websocket callbacks.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>2.0</strong>: The callback <code>websocket_terminate/3</code> was removed in favor of <code>terminate/3</code>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>1.0</strong>: Protocol introduced.
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="../cowboy_app">cowboy(7)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_http">cowboy_http(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_http2">cowboy_http2(3)</a></p></div>
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