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WS_ATTACH_SERVER_MEM(3)	   libdill Library Functions   WS_ATTACH_SERVER_MEM(3)

NAME
       ws_attach_server_mem  - creates WebSocket protocol on the top of	under-
       lying socket

SYNOPSIS
	      #include <libdill.h>

	      int ws_attach_server_mem(
		  int s,
		  int flags,
		  char*	resource,
		  size_t resourcelen,
		  char*	host,
		  size_t hostlen,
		  struct ws_storage* mem,
		  int64_t deadline);

DESCRIPTION
       WARNING:	This is	experimental functionality and the API may  change  in
       the future.

       WebSocket  is  a	message-based protocol defined in RFC 6455.  It	can be
       used as a bidirectional communication channel for communication with  a
       web server.

       This  function instantiates WebSocket protocol on top of	the underlying
       bytestream protocol.  WebSocket protocol	being asymmetric,  client  and
       server  sides  are intialized in	different ways.	 This particular func-
       tion initializes	the client side	of the connection.

       The socket can be either	text- (WS_TEXT	flag)  or  binary-  (WS_BINARY
       flag)  based.   Binary is the default.  When sending messages via msend
       or msendl these will be typed based on the socket type.	When receiving
       messages	via mrecv or mrecvl encountering a message that	doesn't	 match
       the socket type results in EPROTO error.

       If  you want to combine text and	binary messages	you can	do so by using
       functions such as ws_send and ws_recv.

       WS_NOHTTP flag can be combined with socket type	flags.	 If  set,  the
       protocol	 will  skip the	initial	HTTP handshake.	 In this case resource
       and host	arguments won't	be used	and can	be set to NULL.

       Skipping	HTTP handshake is useful when you want to do the handshake  on
       your  own.   For	example, if you	want to	implement custom WebSocket ex-
       tensions	or if you want to write	 a  multi-protocol  application	 where
       initial	HTTP handshake can be followed by different kinds of protocols
       (e.g.  HTML and WebSocket).

       This function allows to avoid one dynamic memory	allocation by  storing
       the  object  in	user-supplied memory.  Unless you are hyper-optimizing
       use ws_attach_server instead.

       s: Handle of the	underlying socket.  It must be a bytestream protocol.

       flags: Flags.  See above.

       resource: Out parameter.	 HTTP resource specified by the	client.

       resourcelen: Size of the	resource buffer.

       host: Out parameter.  Virtual host specified by the client.

       hostlen:	Size of	the host buffer.

       mem: The	structure to store the newly created object in.	 It  must  not
       be deallocated before the object	is closed.

       deadline:  A  point in time when	the operation should time out, in mil-
       liseconds.  Use the now function	to get your current point in time.   0
       means immediate timeout,	i.e., perform the operation if possible	or re-
       turn  without  blocking	if  not.  -1 means no deadline,	i.e., the call
       will block forever if the operation cannot be performed.

       The socket can be cleanly shut down using ws_detach function.

       This function is	not available  if  libdill  is	compiled  with	--dis-
       able-sockets option.

RETURN VALUE
       In  case	 of  success the function returns newly	created	socket handle.
       In case of error	it returns -1 and sets errno to	one of the values  be-
       low.

ERRORS
        EBADF:	Invalid	handle.

        ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.

        ECONNRESET: Broken connection.

        EINVAL: Invalid argument.

        EMFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors	in the process are al-
	 ready open.

        ENFILE:  The maximum number of	file descriptors in the	system are al-
	 ready open.

        ENOMEM: Not enough memory.

        ENOTSUP: The handle does not support this operation.

        EPROTO: Underlying socket is not a bytestream socket.

        ETIMEDOUT: Deadline was reached.

EXAMPLE
	      int s = tcp_accept(listener, NULL, -1);
	      s	= tls_attach_server(s, -1);
	      bsend(s, "ABC", 3, -1);
	      char buf[3];
	      ssize_t sz = brecv(s, buf, sizeof(buf), -1);
	      s	= tls_detach(s,	-1);
	      tcp_close(s);

SEE ALSO
       hclose(3)  mrecv(3)  mrecvl(3)	msend(3)   msendl(3)   now(3)	ws_at-
       tach_client(3) ws_attach_client_mem(3) ws_attach_server(3) ws_detach(3)
       ws_done(3)  ws_recv(3) ws_recvl(3) ws_request_key(3) ws_response_key(3)
       ws_send(3) ws_sendl(3) ws_status(3)

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