websocket client in gideros

codyboone

Hi every one,
I want to use gideros to build online game server. After searching the forum, i found code example of tcp / udp protocol, but our current server is writing in nodejs with websocket protocol, so with mobile build, html 5 build, that would be great if gideros has websocket api (So developer will user the same code base on client)
is there anybody are developing pure lua code or plugin for websocket in gideros? If not, can we build websocket plugin from c/c++ lib?

Thank so much!

ar2rsawseen

I remember I once modified this library to create websocket server for some tests I needed to run. It was not handling all the cases, cause I needed only couple of tests, so I through it out in the end, as it was not usable for generic purposes.

Basically what needed to be rewritten is the loop when checking for messages, etc. Like using timers in Gideros, instead of ev or copas

But since you need a client, then I think you can also try using their synchronous client, which does not depend on third party loops.

And if that works, you can try modiyfing client_sync.lua by adding Gideros events and Timers loop too

https://github.com/lipp/lua-websockets

codyboone

@ar2rsawseen, I will take a look at lua-websockets. Do you know what is difference between sync and async client? and how they affect to speed, do they block GUI?
And for writing websocket plugin, would you please list some native c++ websocket libs that can convert into gideros plugin?
Thank so much!

ar2rsawseen

unfortunately it is not easy to find c++ library, cause they are all using their own networking parts, which of them not all can be converted to all platforms Gideros supports.

It was easier to find lua socket based, as the one I provided,

And yes sync will block a ui till message received, etc. But I think with lua knowledge it should be easy to settimeout 0 and implement periodic listening with Gideros Timers, but have not tried.

totebo

FYI: Websockets now work great in Gideros. Check out this thread: http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/6880/gideros-2017-3-1-is-out-now#Item_33