I couldn't find public implementation of a websocket server in C++, so I spent a few hours figuring it out and writing it. I'm posting it in hopes it saves someone else time in figuring it out.
- Winsock server created to listen for a single connection
- A websocket is then established and the server echos back the client's text
- Robust or meant for anything other than a basic understanding of a C/C++ websocket implementation
- Compile and run Server/websockets.sln
- Open Client/socket_test.html in a browser
The client will send a string to the server, the server will echo it back and the client will print the response via console.log
- Websocket RFC: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-5.2
- Basic winsock server code: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/WinSock/complete-server-code