# MintWebsocketClient
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MintWebsocketClient is a behaviour on top of GenServer providing convenient interface to build websocket clients.
Using [Mint](https://hex.pm/packages/mint) and [Mint.WebSocket](https://hex.pm/packages/mint_web_socket) under the hood.
## Usage
Add `mint_websocket_client` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:mint_websocket_client, "~> 0.1.1"}
]
end
```
Next, run mix deps.get in your shell to fetch and compile `MintWebsocketClient`. Start an interactive Elixir shell with iex -S mix:
# Examples
Keep in mind frame you return in `{:reply, frame, state}` might be lost depends on the connection state.
```elixir
defmodule WS do
use MintWebsocketClient
def start_link(url, opts \\ []) do
opts =
opts
|> Keyword.put_new(:protocols, [:http1])
|> Keyword.put_new(:transport_opts, [verify: :verify_none])
MintWebsocketClient.start_link(url, __MODULE__, opts)
end
@impl true
def handle_connect(status_map, state) do
IO.inspect(status_map, label: "handle_connect")
{:ok, state}
end
@impl true
def handle_disconnect(reason, state) do
IO.inspect(reason, label: "handle_disconnect")
{:reconnect, state}
end
@impl true
def handle_frame(frame, state) do
IO.inspect(frame, label: "handle_frame")
{:ok, state}
end
@impl true
def terminate(reason, _state) do
IO.inspect(reason, label: "terminate")
end
end
iex(1)> {:ok, pid} = WS.start_link("wss://ws.postman-echo.com/raw")
{:ok, #PID<0.207.0>}
handle_connect: %{
headers: [...],
status: 101
}
iex(2)> MintWebsocketClient.send_frame(pid, :ping)
:ok
handle_frame: {:pong, ""}
iex(3)> MintWebsocketClient.send_frame(pid, :close)
:ok
handle_disconnect: %Mint.TransportError{reason: :closed}
iex(4)> MintWebsocketClient.send_frame(pid, {:text, "{\"lang\":\"elixir\"}"})
:ok
handle_frame: {:text, "{\"lang\":\"elixir\"}"}
```