A library for writing modern websockets applications with Arduino (ESP8266 and ESP32). This project is based on my project TinyWebsockets.
The library provides simple and easy interface for websockets work (Client and Server). See the basic-usage guide and the examples.
Please check out the TinyWebsockets Wiki for many more details!
This section should help you get started with the library. If you have any questions feel free to open an issue.
Currently (version 0.4.*) the library only works with ESP8266 and ESP32.
You can install the library from the Arduino IDE or using a release ZIP file from the Github release page. Detailed instructions can be found here.
Creating a client and connecting to a server:
WebsocketsClient client;
client.connect("ws://your-server-ip:port/uri");Sending a message:
client.send("Hello Server!");Waiting for messages:
client.onMessage([](WebsocketsMessage msg){
Serial.prinln("Got Message: " + msg.data());
});In order to keep receiving messages, you should:
void loop() {
client.poll();
}Creating a server and listening for connections:
WebsocketsServer server;
server.listen(8080);Accepting connections:
WebsocketsClient client = server.accept();
// handle client as described before :)#include <ArduinoWebsockets.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
const char* ssid = "ssid"; //Enter SSID
const char* password = "password"; //Enter Password
const char* websockets_server = "www.myserver.com:8080"; //server adress and port
using namespace websockets;
void onMessageCallback(WebsocketsMessage message) {
Serial.print("Got Message: ");
Serial.println(message.data());
}
void onEventsCallback(WebsocketsEvent event, String data) {
if(event == WebsocketsEvent::ConnectionOpened) {
Serial.println("Connnection Opened");
} else if(event == WebsocketsEvent::ConnectionClosed) {
Serial.println("Connnection Closed");
} else if(event == WebsocketsEvent::GotPing) {
Serial.println("Got a Ping!");
} else if(event == WebsocketsEvent::GotPong) {
Serial.println("Got a Pong!");
}
}
WebsocketsClient client;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
// Connect to wifi
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
// Wait some time to connect to wifi
for(int i = 0; i < 10 && WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED; i++) {
Serial.print(".");
delay(1000);
}
// Setup Callbacks
client.onMessage(onMessageCallback);
client.onEvent(onEventsCallback);
// Connect to server
client.connect(websockets_server);
// Send a message
client.send("Hi Server!");
// Send a ping
client.ping();
}
void loop() {
client.poll();
}Note: for ESP32 you only need to change to code that connects to WiFi (replace #include <ESP8266WiFi.h> with #include <WiFi.h>), everything else stays the same.
#include <ArduinoWebsockets.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
const char* ssid = "ssid"; //Enter SSID
const char* password = "password"; //Enter Password
using namespace websockets;
WebsocketsServer server;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
// Connect to wifi
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
// Wait some time to connect to wifi
for(int i = 0; i < 15 && WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED; i++) {
Serial.print(".");
delay(1000);
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.println("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); //You can get IP address assigned to ESP
server.listen(80);
Serial.print("Is server live? ");
Serial.println(server.available());
}
void loop() {
auto client = server.accept();
if(client.available()) {
auto msg = client.readBlocking();
// log
Serial.print("Got Message: ");
Serial.println(msg.data());
// return echo
client.send("Echo: " + msg.data());
// close the connection
client.close();
}
delay(1000);
}Note: for ESP32 you only need to change to code that connects to WiFi (replace #include <ESP8266WiFi.h> with #include <WiFi.h>), everything else stays the same.
No matter what board you are using, in order to use WSS (websockets over SSL) you need to use
client.connect("wss://your-secured-server-ip:port/uri");The next sections describe board-specific code for using WSS with the library.
With the esp8266 there are 2 ways for using WSS. By default, ArduinoWebsockets does not validate the certificate chain. This can be set explicitly using:
client.setInsecure();You can also use a SSL Fingerprint to validate the SSL connection, for example:
const char ssl_fingerprint[] PROGMEM = "D5 07 4D 79 B2 D2 53 D7 74 E6 1B 46 C5 86 4E FE AD 00 F1 98";
client.setFingerprint(ssl_fingerprint);With the esp32 you could either provide the full certificate, or provide no certificate. An example for setting CA Certificate:
const char ssl_ca_cert[] PROGMEM = \
"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n" \
"MIIEkjCCA3qgAwIBAgIQCgFBQgAAAVOFc2oLheynCDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA/\n" \
"MSQwIgYDVQQKExtEaWdpdGFsIFNpZ25hdHVyZSBUcnVzdCBDby4xFzAVBgNVBAMT\n" \
"DkRTVCBSb290IENBIFgzMB4XDTE2MDMxNzE2NDA0NloXDTIxMDMxNzE2NDA0Nlow\n" \
"SjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFjAUBgNVBAoTDUxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQxIzAhBgNVBAMT\n" \
"GkxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQgQXV0aG9yaXR5IFgzMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOC\n" \
"AQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAnNMM8FrlLke3cl03g7NoYzDq1zUmGSXhvb418XCSL7e4S0EF\n" \
"q6meNQhY7LEqxGiHC6PjdeTm86dicbp5gWAf15Gan/PQeGdxyGkOlZHP/uaZ6WA8\n" \
"SMx+yk13EiSdRxta67nsHjcAHJyse6cF6s5K671B5TaYucv9bTyWaN8jKkKQDIZ0\n" \
"Z8h/pZq4UmEUEz9l6
991F
YKHy9v6Dlb2honzhT+Xhq+w3Brvaw2VFn3EK6BlspkENnWA\n" \
"a6xK8xuQSXgvopZPKiAlKQTGdMDQMc2PMTiVFrqoM7hD8bEfwzB/onkxEz0tNvjj\n" \
"/PIzark5McWvxI0NHWQWM6r6hCm21AvA2H3DkwIDAQABo4IBfTCCAXkwEgYDVR0T\n" \
"AQH/BAgwBgEB/wIBADAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCAYYwfwYIKwYBBQUHAQEEczBxMDIG\n" \
"CCsGAQUFBzABhiZodHRwOi8vaXNyZy50cnVzdGlkLm9jc3AuaWRlbnRydXN0LmNv\n" \
"bTA7BggrBgEFBQcwAoYvaHR0cDovL2FwcHMuaWRlbnRydXN0LmNvbS9yb290cy9k\n" \
"c3Ryb290Y2F4My5wN2MwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUxKexpHsscfrb4UuQdf/EFWCFiRAw\n" \
"VAYDVR0gBE0wSzAIBgZngQwBAgEwPwYLKwYBBAGC3xMBAQEwMDAuBggrBgEFBQcC\n" \
"ARYiaHR0cDovL2Nwcy5yb290LXgxLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZzA8BgNVHR8ENTAz\n" \
"MDGgL6AthitodHRwOi8vY3JsLmlkZW50cnVzdC5jb20vRFNUUk9PVENBWDNDUkwu\n" \
"Y3JsMB0GA1UdDgQWBBSoSmpjBH3duubRObemRWXv86jsoTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF\n" \
"AAOCAQEA3TPXEfNjWDjdGBX7CVW+dla5cEilaUcne8IkCJLxWh9KEik3JHRRHGJo\n" \
"uM2VcGfl96S8TihRzZvoroed6ti6WqEBmtzw3Wodatg+VyOeph4EYpr/1wXKtx8/\n" \
"wApIvJSwtmVi4MFU5aMqrSDE6ea73Mj2tcMyo5jMd6jmeWUHK8so/joWUoHOUgwu\n" \
"X4Po1QYz+3dszkDqMp4fklxBwXRsW10KXzPMTZ+sOPAveyxindmjkW8lGy+QsRlG\n" \
"PfZ+G6Z6h7mjem0Y+iWlkYcV4PIWL1iwBi8saCbGS5jN2p8M+X+Q7UNKEkROb3N6\n" \
"KOqkqm57TH2H3eDJAkSnh6/DNFu0Qg==\n" \
"-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n";
client.setCACert(ssl_ca_cert);Contributions are welcomed! Please open issues if you have troubles while using the library or any queshtions on how to get started. Pull requests are welcomed, please open an issue first.
Thanks for everyone who reported a bug, suggested a feature and contributed to the development of this library.
 ⭐️ ramdor |
 ⭐️ xgarb |
 matsujirushi |
 bastienvans |
 johneakin |
 lalten |
 elielmarcos |
 ⭐️ adelin-mcbsoft |
 ⭐️ Jonty |
 Nufflee |
 mmcArg |
 JohnInWI |
 logdog2709 |
 elC0mpa |
- 14/02/2019 (v0.1.1) - Initial commits and support for ESP32 and ESP8266 Websocket Clients.
- 16/02/2019 (v0.1.2) - Added support for events (Pings, Pongs) and more internal improvements (events handling according to RFC-6455)
- 20/02/2019 (v0.1.3) - Users now dont have to specify TCP client types (ESP8266/ESP32) they are selected automatically.
- 21/02/2019 (v0.1.5) - Bug Fixes. Client now exposes a single string connect interface.
- 24/02/2019 (v0.2.0) - User-facing interface is now done with Arduino's
Stringclass. Merged more changes (mainly optimizations) from TinyWebsockets. - 25/02/2019 (v0.2.1) - A tiny patch. Fixed missing user-facing strings for client interface.
- 07/03/2019 (v0.3.0) - A version update. Now supports a websockets server, better support for fragmented messages and streams. bug fixes and more optimized networking implementations.
- 08/03/2019 (v0.3.1) - Small patch. Merged changes from TinyWebsockets - interface changes to callbacks (partial callbacks without WebsocketsClient& as first parameter).
- 12/03/2019 (v0.3.2) - Fixed a bug with behaviour of WebsokcetsClient (copy c'tor and assignment operator). Added close codes from TinyWebsockets. Thank you @ramdor
- 13/03/2019 (v0.3.3) - Fixed a bug in the esp8266 networking impl. Thank you @ramdor
- 14/03/2019 (v0.3.4) - changed underling tcp impl for esp8266 and esp32 to use
setNoDelay(true)instead of sync communication. This makes communication faster and more relaiable than default. Thank you @ramdor for pointing out these methods. - 06/04/2019 (v0.3.5) - added very basic support for WSS in esp8266 (no support for fingerprint/ca or any kind of chain validation).
- 22/04/2019 (v0.4.0) - Added WSS support for both esp8266 and esp32. E328266 can use
client.setInsecure()(does not validate certificate chain) orclient.setFingerprint(fingerprint)in order to use WSS. With ESP32 there isclient.setCACert(certificate)that can be used. (Usage is same as the built inWiFiClientSecure). - 18/05/2019 (v0.4.1) - Patch! Addressed an error with some servers. The bugs where first noted in issue #9. Bug was that some servers will drop connections that don't use masking, and TinyWebsockets does not use masking by default. TinyWebsockets changed that and this library merged the changes.
- 24/05/2019 (v0.4.2) - Patch! Adressed masking issues - server to client messages would get masked but RFC forbbids it. (changes merged from TinyWebsockets)
- 07/06/2019 (v0.4.3) - Patch! Fixed a bug on some clients (mainly FireFox websokcets impl). Thank you @xgarb (related issue)
- 09/06/2019 (v0.4.4) - Patch! Fixed an issue with
closeevent callback not called in some cases (sudden disconnect, for example). Thank you @adelin-mcbsoft for pointing out the issue (related issue) - 14/06/2019 (v0.4.5) - Patch! Fixed a memory leak and an unnecessary use of heap memory in case of masking messages. This was discoverd thanks to issue #16. Thank you xgarb!
- 13/07/2019 (v0.4.6) - Very small update. Changed readme to document esp32's secured client behvior (As discussed in issue #18). Also esp32's version of WebsocketsClient now has a
setInsecuremethod. Thank you adelin-mcbsoft! - 25/07/2019 (v0.4.7) - Bugfix. Fixed issues with receving large messages (unchecked reads) which was pointed out in in issue #21). Thank you Jonty!
- 26/07/2019 (v0.4.8) - Feature. Added an
addHeadermethod as suggested in issue #22). Thank you mmcArg! - 01/08/2019 (v0.4.9) - Patch - Bugfix. Worked around a bug where connecting to unavailable endpoints would not return false (this is a bug with the
WiFiClientlibrary itself). Added some missing keywords. Thank you Nufflee for pointing out the issue! - 10/08/2019 (v0.4.10) - Patch - Bugfix. Fixed a bug (and general in-stability) caused from unchecked and unsafe read operations on sockets. Also improved memory usage and management. Thank you Jonty for openning and helping with the issue!
- 14/09/2019 (v0.4.11) - Bugfixes - masking settings used to not get copied when using assignment between
WebsocketClientinstances. Also handshake validation is now case insensitive. Thank you logdog2709 for pointing out the issue. - 12/10/2019 (v0.4.12) - Patch - Messages are now sent as a single TCP buffer instead of separate messages. Thank you elC0mpa for posting the issue.
- 19/10/2019 (v0.4.13) - Patch - added
yieldcalls in order to prevent software-watchdog resets on esp8266 (on long messages). Thank you elC0mpa for documenting and helping with the issue.