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Bjergsen Zhu
Bjergsen Zhu

Reputation: 133

How to send the messages actively from golang's websocket server to client

I'm a newcomer for the golang and websocket.

I'm trying to write a websocket server which can send the messages actively to client once the handshake is done.

but my server will just only send the message to the client when got the request from the client.

Does anyone know how to implement this feature or where can I find the related answer for that?

Thank you so much.

the source code is as follows:

package main

import (
    "log"
    "net/http"
)

func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
    w.Write([]byte("Hi, the handshake is completed.\n"))
    w.Write([]byte("Let's start to talk something.\n"))
}

func main() {
    http.HandleFunc("/", handler)
    log.Printf("Start to listen on 443.")
    err := http.ListenAndServeTLS(":443", "server.crt", "server.key", nil)
    log.Fatal(err)
}

Upvotes: 7

Views: 12787

Answers (3)

Bjergsen Zhu
Bjergsen Zhu

Reputation: 133

Thanks you all for you both's help to answer me. and sorry for the very late reply here.

You both's answer is really helpful and I learn a lot.

Finally, I also find the simple way to achieve the same result without using the gorilla, here comes my code:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net/http"
    "golang.org/x/net/websocket"
)

func Echo(ws *websocket.Conn) {
    var err error
    msg := `Hi, the handshake it complete!`

    for {
        if err = websocket.Message.Send(ws, msg); err != nil {
            fmt.Println("Can't send")
        } else {
            fmt.Println("Sending")
        }
    }
}

func main() {
    http.Handle("/", websocket.Handler(Echo))

    if err := http.ListenAndServeTLS("10.10.10.10:1010", "server.crt", "server.key", nil); err != nil {
        log.Fatal("ListenAndServe:", err)
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Hunsin
Hunsin

Reputation: 194

Try package websocket.

Here's a simple example grab from the Godoc:

var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
    ReadBufferSize:  1024,
    WriteBufferSize: 1024,
}

func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Println(err)
        return
    }
    defer conn.Close()

    msg := []byte("Let's start to talk something.")
    err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, msg)
    if err != nil {
        log.Println(err)
    }

    // do other stuff...
}

Upvotes: 2

CallMeLoki
CallMeLoki

Reputation: 1361

first of all, youre server is on http not websocket (for that you can upgrade it to websocket using gorilla e.g)

second, before client making a request there is no way to response him because you have no connection with him (daaa)

Upvotes: 1

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