README.md

# WebSockAdapter

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WebSockAdapter is a library of adapters from common Web Servers to the
`WebSock` specification. WebSockAdapter currently supports
[Bandit](https://github.com/mtrudel/bandit) and
[Cowboy](https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy).

For details on the `WebSock` specification, consult the
[WebSock](https://hexdocs.pm/websock) documentation.

## Usage

WebSockAdapter makes it easy to upgrade Plug connections to WebSock connections.
Here's a simple example:

```elixir
defmodule EchoServer do
  def init(args) do
    {:ok, []}
  end

  def handle_in({"ping", [opcode: :text]}, state) do
    {:reply, :ok, {:text, "pong"}, state}
  end
end

defmodule MyPlug do
  use Plug.Router

  plug Plug.Logger
  plug :match
  plug :dispatch

  get "/" do
    # Provide the user with some useful instructions to copy & paste into their inspector
    send_resp(conn, 200, """
    Use the JavaScript console to interact using websockets

    sock  = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:4000/websocket")
    sock.addEventListener("message", console.log)
    sock.addEventListener("open", () => sock.send("ping"))
    """)
  end

  get "/websocket" do
    conn
    |> WebSockAdapter.upgrade(EchoServer, [], timeout: 60_000)
    |> halt()
  end

  match _ do
    send_resp(conn, 404, "not found")
  end
end
```

This simple example illustrates many of the useful features of WebSock / WebSockAdapters:

* Implementing a WebSocket server is a single module, and looks & acts much like
  a GenServer does
* It's easy to pass state from the `WebSockAdapter.upgrade/3`
  call & have it show up in your WebSock callbacks
* Upgrades are handled as a plain Plug call. You are able to route requests to
  your upgrade endpoint using all of the power of the Plug API

## Installation

The websock_adapter package can be installed by adding `websock_adapter` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:

```elixir
def deps do
  [
    {:websock_adapter, "~> 0.5"}
  ]
end
```

Documentation can be found at <https://hexdocs.pm/websock_adapter>.

## License

MIT