daveaugustus/wscat

(wscat)WebSocket Client in Go

Overview

This project wscat is a WebSocket client implemented in Go. It uses the Gorilla WebSocket package and Cobra for command-line interface. The client can establish a WebSocket connection to a server, send messages, and receive messages.

How to Build and Use the Client

1. Download the Release

   You can download the latest release of this project from the releases page. There are source code archives available in ZIP and TAR formats.

2. Build the Client

   To build the client, navigate to the project directory and run the following command:

   go build main.go

   This will create an executable file named main in the same directory.

3. Use the Client

   To use the client, you need to run the executable with the --endpoint flag set to your WebSocket server URL and the --headers flag set to your headers. Here's an example:

   ./main run-client --endpoint "wss://localhost:8080/api/v1/blog/draft/6564321" --headers "Authorization=Bearer ShD21O3OcsWdYo8Z68Zrmui4cbRrKv9Kpz4hY5M6Tc4ZXYWKRLFKqa7lZ0bPzjyU"

   You can then enter messages at the prompt to send them to the server. Enter 'exit' to quit the client.

4. ** Start server ** To start a dummy server for testing the client, you can simply run the following command

   go run main.go start-server

   or

   ./main start-server