1
0
mirror of https://github.com/actix/actix-website synced 2024-11-24 16:52:59 +01:00
actix-website/content/docs/websockets.md
2018-05-22 23:15:08 +02:00

51 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown

---
title: Websockets
menu: docs_proto
weight: 240
---
Actix supports WebSockets out-of-the-box. It is possible to convert a request's `Payload`
to a stream of [*ws::Message*](../../actix-web/actix_web/ws/enum.Message.html) with
a [*ws::WsStream*](../../actix-web/actix_web/ws/struct.WsStream.html) and then use stream
combinators to handle actual messages, but it is simpler to handle websocket communications
with an http actor.
The following is an example of a simple websocket echo server:
```rust
use actix::*;
use actix_web::*;
/// Define http actor
struct Ws;
impl Actor for Ws {
type Context = ws::WebsocketContext<Self>;
}
/// Handler for ws::Message message
impl StreamHandler<ws::Message, ws::ProtocolError> for Ws {
fn handle(&mut self, msg: ws::Message, ctx: &mut Self::Context) {
match msg {
ws::Message::Ping(msg) => ctx.pong(&msg),
ws::Message::Text(text) => ctx.text(text),
ws::Message::Binary(bin) => ctx.binary(bin),
_ => (),
}
}
}
fn main() {
App::new()
.resource("/ws/", |r| r.f(|req| ws::start(req, Ws)))
.finish();
}
```
> A simple websocket echo server example is available in the
> [examples directory](https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/websocket/).
> An example chat server with the ability to chat over a websocket or tcp connection
> is available in [websocket-chat directory](https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/websocket-chat/)