README.md

Simple-WebSocket-Sample

This project contains two executables which allow the user to control the connections and message flow for Simple-WebSocket-Server. It might be useful for testing interoperability with other websockets implementations.

sample_server controls

s :  Start server
t :  sTop server
m :  send Message to all clients
q :  Quit

sample_client controls

s :  Set up connection
l :  cLose connection
c :  stop Client
m :  send Message
q :  Quit

Usage

Run one server and as many clients as you like. Type the letter for the desired action and hit enter. A typical session might look like this:

sample_client	sample_server	Effect
	Start	The server starts listening for connections
Start		The client connects to the server
Message		The client sends a message to the server (the server will respond with an echo)
	Message	The server sends a message to all connected clients (they will not respond)
cLose		The client disconnects with a message
	sTop	The server stops listening
sTop		The client cleans itself up
Quit		The client quits
	Quit	The server quits

Building

The sample uses Simple-WebSocket-Server (duh). You'll need its dependencies installed.

Windows

Populate the following environmentla variables:

variable	value
BoostRoot	C:\path\to\Boost
BoostVer	1_62
OpenSSLRoot	C:\path\to\OpenSSL

Specify the correct generator in your call to cmake, this example uses 2017 with a 64 bit build:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"

Open in your IDE of choice build/Simple_WebSocket_Sample.sln and build it.

Linux

mkdir build
cd build 
cmake ..