WebSockets + Haxe? - websocket

I need to develop an application using WebSockets and Haxe.
I came upon this lib: http://lib.haxe.org/p/hxWebSockets
But it's outdated.
Then I found this blog post: http://bp.io/post/322
But the links to the code are broken :(
So, anyone out there knows any other WebSocket resource for Haxe?
If not, does someone has a clue where to start looking to start implementing my own solution?
Thanks!

If you use node.js as a platform, I'd recommend you to make bindings to socket.io. If you use another platform, I'd recommend to use socket.io as a reference implementation, or just port it to haxe, which shouldn't be that hard.

The lib you mentioned is indeed outdated. Luckily, someone made a new one, supporting the latest websocket protocol:
http://lib.haxe.org/p/WebSocket
...however, it's still a bit lower level than nodejs/socket.io

I am using haxe for a websockets application and using the js libraries:
import js.html.WebSocket;
Using the following function to connect to the server.
private function connect() {
trace("Calling connect");
try {
websocket = new WebSocket(connectionString());
websocket.onclose = onClose;
websocket.onerror = onServerConnectionError;
var openStream = initializeElementStream(cast websocket, "open");
openStream.then(onOpen);
var eventStream = initializeElementStream(cast websocket, "message");
eventStream.then(onMessage);
var closeStream = initializeElementStream(cast websocket, "close");
closeStream.then(onClose);
var errorStream = initializeElementStream(cast websocket, "error");
errorStream.then(onServerConnectionError);
}catch(err : Dynamic) {
trace("Error establishing connection " + err);
}
trace("Connection successful");
}
Will this work for you. I am sticking to standard js libraries for my project. This has worked for me since the project has no external dependencies.

I recently started using Haxe-Js-Kit and it has decent bindings for a lot of nodejs libs including Socket.IO.
https://github.com/clemos/haxe-js-kit/
Make sure you use the dev branch for development as it is quite more advanced than the haxelib or master branch.

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Connecting to Event Hub

In my code below I am attempting to create a producer client that i can use to send events to a Event Hub. I am getting a System.PlatformNotSupportedException: 'The WebSocket protocol is not supported on this platform. error Any guidance on how i can resolve this would be much appreciated. FYI my platform is Windows 7, although this program is intended to run on a windows 2008 server or later.
var producerOptions = new EventHubProducerClientOptions
{
ConnectionOptions = new EventHubConnectionOptions
{
TransportType = EventHubsTransportType.AmqpWebSockets,
},
RetryOptions = new EventHubsRetryOptions
{
MaximumRetries = 5,
TryTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)
}
};
var producer = new EventHubProducerClient(connectionString, eventHubName, producerOptions);
//here is where the error occurs. which is inside a try - catch block
var eventBatch = await producer.CreateBatchAsync();
......
The Event Hubs client library relies on the underlying framework for its transport communication. In this case, it sounds as if you're using the full .NET Framework on Windows 7, where web sockets is not supported.
So long as your aren't using a UWP application, changing the target framework to .NET Core and using the netstandard2.0 target from the client library may work. (see: this PR)
More detail can be found in the accepted answer for this question, which also contains some advice for third party packages that may work as a polyfill.

How to disconnect all sockets serve side using socket.io?

How can I disconnect/close all sockets on server side ?
Maybe restarting the socket.io module from the server side ?
(using the lateste socket.io)
Unfortunately, socket.io does not have a publicly documented interface that has been the same from one version to the next to do such a basic function as iterate all connected sockets. If you want to follow the entire history of various ways to do this, then you can follow the whole version history in this question: Socket.IO - how do I get a list of connected sockets/clients?, but you have to pay attention only to answers that apply to specific socket.io versions you are using and then test them for your specific version.
As of Aug 2018, attempting to use only documented interfaces in socket.io, one could use either of these to get a list of connected sockets and then just iterate over them to disconnect them as shown above:
function getConnectedSockets() {
return Object.values(io.of("/").connected);
}
getConnectedSockets().forEach(function(s) {
s.disconnect(true);
});
Depending upon the client configuration, the clients may try to reconnect.
You could also just maintain your own connect socket list:
const connectedSockets = new Set();
io.on('connection', s => {
connectedSockets.add(s);
s.on('disconnect', () => {
connectedSockets.delete(s);
});
});
function getConnectedSockets() {
return Array.from(connectedSockets);
}
getConnectedSockets().forEach(function(s) {
s.disconnect(true);
});
If you are using an older version of socket.io (particularly before v1.4), you will have to either test this to make sure it works in your older version or follow the version history in the above mentioned reference and find an answer there that targets your specific version of socket.io.
For me, jfriend00's solution didn't work (as of today).
I had to do this:
Object.keys(io.sockets.sockets).forEach(function(s) {
io.sockets.sockets[s].disconnect(true);
});

Is there a way to make Dart server websocket implementation compatible with Phantom 1.9.7 headless browser (another websocket standard that is)?

According to the WebSocketTransformer docs, it says it tries to upgrade HttpRequests according to the RFC6455 web socket standard:
This transformer strives to implement web sockets as specified by RFC6455.
And provides this Dart example code:
HttpServer server;
server.listen((request) {
if (...) {
WebSocketTransformer.upgrade(request).then((websocket) {
...
});
} else {
// Do normal HTTP request processing.
}
});
Now if you search through PhantomJS' issue tracker you can find issue:
11018 Update to final websocket standard
Which basically says that the latest PhantomJS (1.9.7) uses an old web socket standard (I still haven't figured out what version sends out the Sec-WebSocket-Key1 information, but I assume its not the RFC6455 version).
So basically, my problem is that when I run PhantomJS headless browser towards my site that uses Dart 1.3.3, websocket server implementation (basically some upgrade code as I pasted above), it says:
Headers from PhantomJS:
sec-websocket-key1: 327J w6iS/b!43 L2j5}2 2
connection: Upgrade
origin: http://mydomain.com
upgrade: WebSocket
sec-websocket-key2: 42 d 7 64 84622
host: mydomain.com
Dart:
WebSocketTransformer.isUpgradeRequest(request) = false
WebSocketException: Invalid WebSocket upgrade request
The upgrade of the request failed (I assume it because of the mis match of versions).
My question is, until Phantom JS gets updated with 2.0, is there a way I can fix my Dart back-end so it would handle PhantomJS websockets as well?
According to the docs of WebSocketTransformer, the upgrade function has two arguments, one HttpRequest mandatory, and a second optional argument:
static Future<WebSocket> upgrade(HttpRequest request, {Function protocolSelector(List<String> protocols)})
Could this maybe help me some how?
The protocols won't help you. These allow to agree on a special protocol that is used after the handshake for communication. But you can't modify the handshake and the exchanged fields themselves.
What you could do is make a complete own websocket implementation (directly based on Dart HTTP and TCP) that matches the the old implementation that PhantomJS uses. But that won't work with newer clients. By that way you also might be able to make an implementation that supports several versions (by checking the headers when you receive the handshake HTTP request and depending on the handshake forward to another implementation.
You would have to do at least your own WebSocketTransformer implementation. For this you could start by copying Darts interface and implementation and modify it on all places you need (check Licenses). If the actual WebSocket behavior after the handshake is compatible in the two RFCs you could reuse Darts WebSocket class. If this is not the case (other framing, etc.) then you would also have to do your own WebSocket class.
Some pseudo code based on yours:
HttpServer server;
server.listen((request) {
if (...) { // websocket condition
if (request.headers.value("Sec-WebSocket-Key1") != null) {
YourWebSocketTransformer.upgrade(request).then((websocket) {
... // websocket might need to be a different type than Dart's WebSocket
});
}
else {
WebSocketTransformer.upgrade(request).then((websocket) {
...
});
}
}
else {
// Do normal HTTP request processing.
}
});
I don't know your application, but it's probably not worth the effort. Bringing the old websocket implementation into Dart is probably the same effort as bringing the official implementation to PhantomJS. Therefore I think fixing PhantomJS should be preferred.
"No."
HttpRequest.headers is immutable, so you can't massage the request headers into a format that Dart is willing to accept. You can't do any Ruby-style monkey-patching, because Dart does not allow dynamic evaluation.
You can, should you choose a path of insanity, implement a compatible version of WebSockets by handling the raw HttpRequest yourself when you see a request coming in with the expected headers. I believe you can re-implement the WebSocket class if necessary. The source for the WebSocket is here.
Maybe it's possible to do that through inheritance. It's impossible in dart to avoid overriding.
If you have the time and you really need this, you can re-implement some method to patch the websocket for PhatomJS
class MyWebSocket extends WebSocket {
MyWebSocket(/* ... */) : super(/* ... */);
methodYouNeedToOverride(/* ... */) {
super.methodYouNeedToOverride(/* ... */)
// Your patch
}
}
This way will allow you to access to "protected" variable or method, may be useful for a patching
But be careful, WebSocket are just the visible part, all the implementation is in websocket_impl.dart

Titanium chat implementation

I have an task to implement an chat based application to access private data available at server using web service api call.Show all available users from web server and to chat with those persons.Is't possible with titanium development to support on iPhone/Android chat application. If possible let me guide to implement the same.
Yes, of course it's possible. And there are a million ways to do this, your question is not very clear.
If its totally web services based then just use this.
Heres a quick example of posting to a webservice and sending a JSON object:
var getChatMessages = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient({
onload : function(e) {
var doSomethignWithThis = this.responseText;
},
onerror : function(e) {
Ti.API.info(this.responseText);
Ti.API.info('SelectActivityStepsByKeyList webservice failed with message : ' + e.error);
}
});
getChatMessages.open('POST', 'http://yourchatserver/GetChats');
getChatMessages.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
getChatMessages.send({"message" : "How is everyone today?", "user" : "me#me.com});
This is not difficult with titanium, the hard part is on the server side.
Here is an example project that accomplishes chat through the use of the socket.io library. This may be a better approach for you. The link has a video of how it works as well as the full source code.

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