Re: curl websockets

From: Henrik Holst via curl-library <curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:38:58 +0200

Would it not be better to use the normal URI used for Websockets which are
"ws(s)://" instead of the http(s) or am I missing something?

/HH

Den ons 23 juni 2021 kl 17:28 skrev Daniel Stenberg via curl-library <
curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2021, Weston Schmidt via curl-library wrote:
>
> > I'm interested in feedback or suggestions for what/how to define a good
> > websocket API that complements libcurl.
>
> My very simple idea on how it could be added to the API:
>
> 1. We add another value to set CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY to (2). If this is
> used,
> and the URL is "http(s)://" then libcurl could "bootstrap" into a
> websocket
> connection.
>
> 2. Once it is completed, we could have the application extract the socket
> (to
> have something to wait on) and then use curl_easy_recv() and
> curl_easy_send()
> to receive and send websockets data over that connection.
>
> What would this be missing?
>
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>
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