CoffeeITWorks/ansible_burpui_server

websocket support in the upcoming release

ziirish opened this issue · 2 comments

Hello Pablo,

I just wanted to let you know the next version of burp-ui will come with optional support for websockets.
The according docs are here and there

Great! thanks for notifying me, I'm will take care of these options to be added to this role too.

But could you help me understand more about it?

What I see now about it:

Since v0.6.0, Burp-UI supports WebSockets for better/smarter notifications. In order to use this feature, you need some extra requirements:

What better/smarter notifications means? Does it help in burp-ui internals? or in the burp-ui webpage?

Looks very recommended to be enabled by default right?

Hi Pablo,

When I release v0.6.0, I don't think websockets will bring a lot of exciting features.
Right now it only allows the blinking "backup running" notification to be smarter (ie. the client does not have to refresh the page every X seconds. If websockets are not enabled it will fallback to a javascript auto-refresh like before).

In the future, websockets will allow a real notification system. For instance, you will be able to launch a restoration, then leave the page to check whatever you want and then when the archive is ready you'll have a popup or something telling you your download is available.

Another feature I'm thinking about is to force the refresh of the interface of all the connected users whenever you add a new client.

But right now websockets don't do much things ;-)