facebookincubator/SocketRocket

Features

• WebSocket Clients - Provides a library for establishing and managing bidirectional WebSocket connections over HTTP.
• Byte Stream Framing - Processes incoming byte streams into discrete WebSocket frames by reading headers and calculating payload lengths.
• Connection Keepalives - Sends periodic control frames to the server to prevent connection timeouts and detect silent failures.
• Connection Lifecycle Events - Tracks connection lifecycle transitions using a delegate pattern to notify the host of open, close, and error events.
• Connection Upgraders - Initiates connections via standard HTTP requests and upgrades the socket to the WebSocket protocol.
• Real-Time Data Streams - Establishes a bidirectional communication channel between client and server for instant data exchange.
• TCP Socket Programming - Manages low-level network sockets to handle raw data transmission and bidirectional byte streams.
• Encrypted Connection Handlers - Implements TLS encryption and certificate validation to prevent unauthorized interception of data.
• SSL/TLS Connection Security - Wraps standard TCP connections in an encrypted layer to provide server certificate validation and secure data exchange.
• Heartbeat Monitors - Uses periodic heartbeat signals to monitor and maintain the stability of active network streams.
• Health Monitoring - Implements heartbeat signaling and response processing to maintain the stability of active network streams.
• HTTP Proxies - Allows connecting to remote servers through HTTP proxies to bypass network restrictions.
• Proxy-Compatible Clients - Routes network traffic through HTTP proxies to maintain connectivity across restricted networks.
• Proxy-Routed - Routes WebSocket connections through an HTTP proxy to bypass network restrictions.
• WebSocket Security - Encrypts data transfers using TLS and SSL certificate pinning to prevent unauthorized interception.

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