Overview of SwiftWebSocket
SwiftWebSocket is a high-performance WebSocket library implemented in Swift. It provides a simple, convenient, and robust way for applications to communicate over the WebSocket protocol. SwiftWebSocket supports both secure (wss) and non-secure (ws) WebSocket connections.
Installation
To install SwiftWebSocket, you can use CocoaPods, a popular dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C projects.
- Add the following line to your Podfile:
pod 'SwiftWebSocket' - Run
pod install
Usage
To use SwiftWebSocket, you need to create a new WebSocket connection using the WebSocket class. Then register handlers for various WebSocket events.
Features
SwiftWebSocket offers several features that make it easy to implement real-time communication in your app, including:
- Support for text and binary messages.
- Automatic reconnect.
- Comprehensive error handling.
- Support for WebSocket subprotocols.
- Thread-safe operation.
Requirements
SwiftWebSocket requires Swift 4.2 or later, and is compatible with iOS 10.0 or above, MacOS 10.12 or above, tvOS 10.0 or above, and WatchOS 3.0 or above.
Contributing
SwiftWebSocket is open-source and encourages contributions from the community. If you have any suggestions or improvements, feel free to create a pull request on the project’s GitHub page.