- A WebSocket is a bi-directional, message-based data transport that can be used in the browser.
- It is a very simple protocol, basically a thin wrapper over TCP. Can be implemented in one day.
- There is not much overhead compared to other protocols, the message framing is very small.
The WebSocket protocol is described by RFC 6455.
URLs
The URL for a WebSocket server can be specified as follows.
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wss://example.com/ws for connections over TLS -
ws://example.com/ws for non-TLS connections
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@article{yaltirakli,
title = "WebSocket",
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IEEE Citation Gokberk Yaltirakli, "WebSocket", November, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.gkbrk.com/websocket. [Accessed Nov. 12, 2024].
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