websockets/wscat

Features

• Terminal Interaction - Provides an interactive terminal interface for sending and receiving WebSocket messages in real time.
• Real-time Messaging - Transmits typed text lines to the connected server and displays incoming messages in real time.
• WebSocket Clients and Servers - Provides a built-in WebSocket server that accepts connections and relays messages between clients.
• Port-Based WebSocket Listeners - Starts a local WebSocket server on a specified port to accept incoming client connections.
• WebSocket Clients - Provides a command-line tool for connecting to WebSocket servers and exchanging messages interactively.
• WebSocket Handshake Authentications - Attaches basic HTTP authentication headers to the initial WebSocket handshake request for credential-based access.
• WebSocket Handshake Injections - Injects Basic HTTP authentication headers into the initial WebSocket upgrade request for credential-based access.
• WebSocket Control Frame Commands - Maps typed slash commands directly to WebSocket control frames for ping, pong, and close operations.
• WebSocket Control Frame Senders - Sends WebSocket control frames such as ping, pong, and close via slash commands.
• WebSocket Proxy Routings - Forces WebSocket connections through an HTTP proxy that supports the CONNECT method.
• WebSocket CONNECT Tunnels - Routes WebSocket connections through an HTTP proxy using the CONNECT tunneling method.
• Authenticated - Attaches basic HTTP authentication credentials to the WebSocket handshake request for credential-based access.
• Proxy-Routed - Routes WebSocket connections through an HTTP proxy supporting the CONNECT method.
• Event-Driven Architectures - Uses an event-driven architecture to handle incoming WebSocket frames and user commands asynchronously.

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