zaphoyd/websocketpp
Websocketpp
This is a header-only C++ library and asynchronous network framework used to implement WebSocket clients and servers. It provides a full implementation of the WebSocket protocol, including handshakes, subprotocol negotiation, and frame parsing.
The framework is distinguished by a policy-based transport layer and template-driven protocol negotiation, allowing the underlying network implementation to be swapped between raw buffers, streams, or custom policies. It supports per-message deflate compression to reduce data transmission volume and integrates Transport Layer Security for encrypted bidirectional communication.
The library covers general network communication capabilities, including HTTP header parsing, protocol event handling, and proxy traffic routing. It enables the development of services that manage concurrent client connections and real-time message delivery.
Features
- Asynchronous Network Frameworks - Serves as a flexible, asynchronous network framework supporting swappable transport layers.
- WebSocket Servers - Provides a full server-side implementation for managing concurrent WebSocket connections and real-time message delivery.
- C++ Networking Libraries - Provides a header-only C++ networking library specifically for implementing WebSocket protocols.
- Pluggable Transport Layers - Offers a policy-based transport layer allowing the underlying network implementation to be swapped via templates.
- WebSockets - Enables real-time, bidirectional communication using the WebSocket protocol.
- Custom Network Transport Layers - Features a policy-based transport layer that allows swapping the underlying network implementation between raw buffers, streams, or custom policies.
- WebSocket Clients - Provides a full implementation for creating C++ WebSocket clients to connect to remote servers.
- WebSocket Implementations - Provides a full implementation of the WebSocket protocol, including handshakes, frame parsing, and negotiation.
- Secure Network Communication - Ensures privacy and authenticity of real-time data streams through TLS encryption.
- Transport Layer Security - Implements Transport Layer Security (TLS) for encrypted, bidirectional data exchange.
- Real-Time Communication - Implements bidirectional, real-time data exchange between clients and servers using WebSockets.
- Data Compression - Supports per-message deflate compression to reduce the volume of data transmitted in WebSocket frames.
- High-Performance Transport Layers - Provides high-performance transport capabilities to optimize data movement across the wire.
- HTTP Header Parsers - Includes an HTTP header parser to extract and process metadata from incoming requests.
- Protocol Event Handlers - Allows triggering custom logic in response to protocol events such as opening, closing, or heartbeats.
- Secure Socket Wrappers - Integrates TLS-wrapped sockets to provide encrypted communication and certificate validation.
- Encrypted Connection Handlers - Supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide encrypted data exchange and certificate validation.
- Event-Driven Callbacks - Implements asynchronous callbacks to handle network events like message arrival and connection closure without blocking.
- Request Parsing - Provides utilities to parse and tokenize HTTP handshake headers into structured data.
- Subprotocol Negotiation - Enables template-driven negotiation of application-level subprotocols during the WebSocket handshake.
- DevOps & Infrastructure - WebSocket client/server library
- Networking Libraries - WebSocket client and server library based on Boost.Asio.
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