How can I do async write and read using websockets from the Beast library? I have tried to adapted the synchronous write/read example provided in the Beast documentation here, but the code below does not behave as expected.
I expected the following output :
*launch application*
Written data ...
Received data : Hello world!
*Ctrl-C*
Closing application ...
I got this :
*launch application*
*Ctrl-C*
Closing application ...
Code :
#include <beast/core/to_string.hpp>
#include <beast/websocket.hpp>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
/// Block until SIGINT or SIGTERM is received.
void sig_wait(beast::websocket::stream<boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket&>& ws)
{
boost::asio::io_service ios;
boost::asio::signal_set signals(ios, SIGINT, SIGTERM);
signals.async_wait(
[&](boost::system::error_code const&, int)
{
ws.close(beast::websocket::close_code::normal);
std::cout << "Closing application ..." << std::endl;
});
ios.run();
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// Normal boost::asio setup
std::string const host = "echo.websocket.org";
boost::asio::io_service ios;
boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver r{ios};
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket sock{ios};
boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver::iterator iter (r.resolve(boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver::query{host, "80"}));
boost::asio::connect(sock,iter);
// WebSocket connect and send message
beast::websocket::stream<boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket&> ws{sock};
ws.handshake(host, "/");
ws.async_write(boost::asio::buffer(std::string("Hello world!")),
[&](beast::error_code const&)
{
std::cout << "Written data ..." << '\n';
}
);
// Register handle for async_read
beast::streambuf sb;
beast::websocket::opcode op;
ws.async_read(op,sb,
[&](beast::error_code const&)
{
std::cout << "Received data : " << to_string(sb.data()) << '\n';
}
);
sig_wait(ws);
}
Side note: I am fairly new to the Boost library in general, so I may have gotten some of the basics wrong ...
You must call io_service::run(), that's the blocking call that will animate the io_service.