How can I use use C++ to send data through a websocket?

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I want to be able to send data over a websocket in my C++ code? Is there some library or standard way that this is done? Thanks for the help, I appreciate it, and please let me know if I should provide more information.

Possible duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4147715/i-am-looking-for-a-simple-socket-interface-for-c-using-ms-visual-c-express/4147766 — yasouser, Jan 06 '11 at 19:00
@anand: I don't think websockets are quite the same as sockets. — Null Set, Jan 06 '11 at 19:08
It is however a possible duplicate of this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3916217/standalone-c-websocket-server-library — Null Set, Jan 06 '11 at 19:10

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '12 at 23:03

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Please have a look at https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp, which is based on Boost ASIO.

You can find a comparison of websocket implementations at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WebSocket_implementations.

answered Jan 01 '12 at 23:03

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '11 at 18:59

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Checkout Boost Asio library.

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Does Boost::Asio support Websockets as of now? The last time I checked they did not. Note, that Websockets are not identical to normal sockets. – MKroehnert Feb 17 '11 at 15:16

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Beast is a C++ library using Boost Asio, demonstrated at CppCon 2016 and used in rippled, an open source server application that implements a decentralized cryptocurrency system.

Also see this related question and this one.

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answered Jan 18 '17 at 06:56

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 06 '11 at 19:21

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cURL is probably going to be a little bit more highlevel and easier to use than boost, esp if this is HTTP you are looking at.

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are you sure will it work for websocket ? Note http and websocket are related but different technologies. – Gray Programmerz Oct 05 '22 at 11:57

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Check out the link to libwebsocket in the answer of warmcat to my question (Standalone C++ websocket server library) which was posted earlier.

Note that libwebsocket can be used for client and server side websockets.

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answered Feb 17 '11 at 15:18

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 07 '14 at 08:38

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For a pure C++ approach to WebSockets using Boost.Asio check out: https://github.com/eidheim/Simple-WebSocket-Server

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 06 '11 at 18:57

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Lots of different ones, but you'd probably find the Boost libraries helpful.

answered Jan 06 '11 at 18:57

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How can I use use C++ to send data through a websocket?

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