ESP WebSocket Client¶
Overview¶
The ESP WebSocket client is an implementation of WebSocket protocol client for ESP32
Features¶
supports WebSocket over TCP, SSL with mbedtls
Easy to setup with URI
Multiple instances (Multiple clients in one application)
Configuration¶
URI¶
Supports
ws
,wss
schemesWebSocket samples:
ws://websocket.org
: WebSocket over TCP, default port 80wss://websocket.org
: WebSocket over SSL, default port 443
Minimal configurations:
const esp_websocket_client_config_t ws_cfg = {
.uri = "ws://websocket.org",
};
If there are any options related to the URI in
esp_websocket_client_config_t
, the option defined by the URI will be overridden. Sample:
const esp_websocket_client_config_t ws_cfg = {
.uri = "ws://websocket.org:123",
.port = 4567,
};
//WebSocket client will connect to websocket.org using port 4567
SSL¶
Get certificate from server, example:
websocket.org
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect websocket.org:443 </dev/null 2>/dev/null|openssl x509 -outform PEM >websocket_org.pem
Configuration:
const esp_websocket_client_config_t ws_cfg = {
.uri = "wss://websocket.org",
.cert_pem = (const char *)websocket_org_pem_start,
};
For more options on esp_websocket_client_config_t
, please refer to API reference below
Application Example¶
Simple WebSocket example that uses esp_websocket_client to establish a websocket connection and send/receive data with the websocket.org Server: protocols/websocket.
API Reference¶
Functions¶
-
esp_websocket_client_handle_t
esp_websocket_client_init
(const esp_websocket_client_config_t *config)¶ Start a Websocket session This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a esp_websocket_client_handle_t that you must use as input to other functions in the interface. This call MUST have a corresponding call to esp_websocket_client_destroy when the operation is complete.
- Return
esp_websocket_client_handle_t
NULL if any errors
- Parameters
[in] config
: The configuration
-
esp_err_t
esp_websocket_client_set_uri
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client, const char *uri)¶ Set URL for client, when performing this behavior, the options in the URL will replace the old ones Must stop the WebSocket client before set URI if the client has been connected.
- Return
esp_err_t
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client[in] uri
: The uri
-
esp_err_t
esp_websocket_client_start
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client)¶ Open the WebSocket connection.
- Return
esp_err_t
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client
-
esp_err_t
esp_websocket_client_stop
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client)¶ Close the WebSocket connection.
Notes:
Cannot be called from the websocket event handler
- Return
esp_err_t
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client
-
esp_err_t
esp_websocket_client_destroy
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client)¶ Destroy the WebSocket connection and free all resources. This function must be the last function to call for an session. It is the opposite of the esp_websocket_client_init function and must be called with the same handle as input that a esp_websocket_client_init call returned. This might close all connections this handle has used.
Notes:
Cannot be called from the websocket event handler
- Return
esp_err_t
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client
-
int
esp_websocket_client_send
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client, const char *data, int len, TickType_t timeout)¶ Generic write data to the WebSocket connection; defaults to binary send.
- Return
Number of data was sent
(-1) if any errors
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client[in] data
: The data[in] len
: The length[in] timeout
: Write data timeout
-
int
esp_websocket_client_send_bin
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client, const char *data, int len, TickType_t timeout)¶ Write binary data to the WebSocket connection (data send with WS OPCODE=02, i.e. binary)
- Return
Number of data was sent
(-1) if any errors
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client[in] data
: The data[in] len
: The length[in] timeout
: Write data timeout
-
int
esp_websocket_client_send_text
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client, const char *data, int len, TickType_t timeout)¶ Write textual data to the WebSocket connection (data send with WS OPCODE=01, i.e. text)
- Return
Number of data was sent
(-1) if any errors
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client[in] data
: The data[in] len
: The length[in] timeout
: Write data timeout
-
bool
esp_websocket_client_is_connected
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client)¶ Check the WebSocket connection status.
- Return
true
false
- Parameters
[in] client
: The client handle
-
esp_err_t
esp_websocket_register_events
(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client, esp_websocket_event_id_t event, esp_event_handler_t event_handler, void *event_handler_arg)¶ Register the Websocket Events.
- Return
esp_err_t
- Parameters
client
: The client handleevent
: The event idevent_handler
: The callback functionevent_handler_arg
: User context
Structures¶
-
struct
esp_websocket_event_data_t
¶ Websocket event data.
Public Members
-
const char *
data_ptr
¶ Data pointer
-
int
data_len
¶ Data length
-
uint8_t
op_code
¶ Received opcode
-
esp_websocket_client_handle_t
client
¶ esp_websocket_client_handle_t context
-
void *
user_context
¶ user_data context, from esp_websocket_client_config_t user_data
-
int
payload_len
¶ Total payload length, payloads exceeding buffer will be posted through multiple events
-
int
payload_offset
¶ Actual offset for the data associated with this event
-
const char *
-
struct
esp_websocket_client_config_t
¶ Websocket client setup configuration.
Public Members
-
const char *
uri
¶ Websocket URI, the information on the URI can be overrides the other fields below, if any
-
const char *
host
¶ Domain or IP as string
-
int
port
¶ Port to connect, default depend on esp_websocket_transport_t (80 or 443)
-
const char *
username
¶ Using for Http authentication - Not supported for now
-
const char *
password
¶ Using for Http authentication - Not supported for now
-
const char *
path
¶ HTTP Path, if not set, default is
/
-
bool
disable_auto_reconnect
¶ Disable the automatic reconnect function when disconnected
-
void *
user_context
¶ HTTP user data context
-
int
task_prio
¶ Websocket task priority
-
int
task_stack
¶ Websocket task stack
-
int
buffer_size
¶ Websocket buffer size
-
const char *
cert_pem
¶ SSL Certification, PEM format as string, if the client requires to verify server
-
esp_websocket_transport_t
transport
¶ Websocket transport type, see `esp_websocket_transport_t
-
char *
subprotocol
¶ Websocket subprotocol
-
bool
keep_alive_enable
¶ Enable keep-alive timeout
-
int
keep_alive_idle
¶ Keep-alive idle time. Default is 5 (second)
-
int
keep_alive_interval
¶ Keep-alive interval time. Default is 5 (second)
-
int
keep_alive_count
¶ Keep-alive packet retry send count. Default is 3 counts
-
const char *
Enumerations¶
-
enum
esp_websocket_event_id_t
¶ Websocket Client events id.
Values:
-
WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ANY
= -1¶
-
WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ERROR
= 0¶ This event occurs when there are any errors during execution
-
WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED
¶ Once the Websocket has been connected to the server, no data exchange has been performed
-
WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DISCONNECTED
¶ The connection has been disconnected
-
WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DATA
¶ When receiving data from the server, possibly multiple portions of the packet
-
WEBSOCKET_EVENT_MAX
¶
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