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websocket.c

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/* <DESC>
 * WebSocket using CONNECT_ONLY
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#ifdef _WIN32
#include <windows.h>
#define sleep(s) Sleep((DWORD)(s))
#else
#include <unistd.h>
#endif
 
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
static int ping(CURL *curl, const char *send_payload)
{
  size_t sent;
  CURLcode result =
    curl_ws_send(curl, send_payload, strlen(send_payload), &sent, 0,
                 CURLWS_PING);
  return (int)result;
}
 
static int recv_pong(CURL *curl, const char *expected_payload)
{
  size_t rlen;
  const struct curl_ws_frame *meta;
  char buffer[256];
  CURLcode result = curl_ws_recv(curl, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &rlen, &meta);
  if(!result) {
    if(meta->flags & CURLWS_PONG) {
      int same = 0;
      fprintf(stderr, "ws: got PONG back\n");
      if(rlen == strlen(expected_payload)) {
        if(!memcmp(expected_payload, buffer, rlen)) {
          fprintf(stderr, "ws: got the same payload back\n");
          same = 1;
        }
      }
      if(!same)
        fprintf(stderr, "ws: did NOT get the same payload back\n");
    }
    else {
      fprintf(stderr, "recv_pong: got %u bytes rflags %x\n", (int)rlen,
              meta->flags);
    }
  }
  fprintf(stderr, "ws: curl_ws_recv returned %u, received %u\n",
          (unsigned int)result, (unsigned int)rlen);
  return (int)result;
}
 
static CURLcode recv_any(CURL *curl)
{
  size_t rlen;
  const struct curl_ws_frame *meta;
  char buffer[256];
 
  return curl_ws_recv(curl, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &rlen, &meta);
}
 
/* close the connection */
static void websocket_close(CURL *curl)
{
  size_t sent;
  (void)curl_ws_send(curl, "", 0, &sent, 0, CURLWS_CLOSE);
}
 
static void websocket(CURL *curl)
{
  int i = 0;
  do {
    recv_any(curl);
    if(ping(curl, "foobar"))
      return;
    if(recv_pong(curl, "foobar")) {
      return;
    }
    sleep(2);
  } while(i++ < 10);
  websocket_close(curl);
}
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "wss://example.com");
 
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, 2L); /* websocket style */
 
    /* Perform the request, res gets the return code */
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));
    else {
      /* connected and ready */
      websocket(curl);
    }
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}

Notice

This source code example is simplified and ignores return codes and error checks to a large extent. We do this to highlight the libcurl function calls and related options and reduce unrelated code.

A real-world application will of course properly check every return value and exit correctly at the first serious error.