websocket_client_lite

WebsocketClientLite

Easy to use WebSocket client for Ruby.

Installation

Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

$ bundle add websocket_client_lite

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

$ gem install websocket_client_lite

Usage

require 'websocket_client_lite'

url = 'wss://echo.websocket.org/'
logger = Logger.new($stdout)
client = WebsocketClientLite.new(url, logger: logger)
return unless client.handshake

client.send_text('hello')
client.each_payload do |payload|
  puts payload
  client.close
end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/gunyoki/websocket_client_lite.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.