Warning: Webbit has not had a stable release yet - the API changes regularly.
git clone git://github.com/joewalnes/webbit.git
cd webbit
make
You will need to add dist/webbit.jar to your classpath - it has no external dependencies.
Start a web server on port 8080 and serve some static files:
WebServer webServer = WebServers.createWebServer(8080)
.add(new StaticFileHandler("/web")) // path to web content
.start();
That was easy.
Now let's build a WebSocketHandler.
public class HelloWebSockets implements WebSocketHandler {
int connectionCount;
public void onOpen(WebSocketConnection connection) {
connection.send("Hello! There are " + connectionCount + " other connections active");
connectionCount++;
}
public void onClose(WebSocketConnection connection) {
connectionCount--;
}
public void onMessage(WebSocketConnection connection, String message) {
connection.send(message.toUpperCase()); // echo back message in upper case
}
public void onMessage(WebSocketConnection connection, byte[] message) {
}
public void onPong(WebSocketConnection connection, String message) {
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebServer webServer = WebServers.createWebServer(8080)
.add("/hellowebsocket", new HelloWebSockets())
.add(new StaticFileHandler("/web"))
.start();
System.out.println("Server running at " + webServer.getUri());
}
}
And a page that uses the WebSocket (web/index.html)
<html>
<body>
<!-- Send text to websocket -->
<input id="userInput" type="text">
<button onclick="ws.send(document.getElementById('userInput').value)">Send</button>
<!-- Results -->
<div id="message"></div>
<script>
function showMessage(text) {
document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = text;
}
var ws = new WebSocket('ws://' + document.location.host + '/hellowebsocket');
showMessage('Connecting...');
ws.onopen = function() { showMessage('Connected!'); };
ws.onclose = function() { showMessage('Lost connection'); };
ws.onmessage = function(msg) { showMessage(msg.data); };
</script>
</body>
</html>
Autobahn is a WebSocket server implemented in Python that comes with an extensive test suite that can be used to test other WebSocket servers as well.
We're using it to test Webbit.
Installing Autobahn
git submodule update --init
python virtualenv.py --no-site-packages . # create local version of python (installing twisted)
Running Autobahn tests
In shell A:
make echo
In shell B:
make autobahn
- Webbit mailing list
- @webbitserver on Twitter
- A web based chat room is available in the samples directory. To try it out: 'make chatroom'
- Jay Fields has written a WebSockets with Clojure introduction that uses Webbit