WebSocket API
WebSockets standard is defined by W3. The API interface for WebSockets looks like this:
enum BinaryType { "blob", "arraybuffer" }; [Constructor(DOMString url, optional (DOMString or DOMString[]) protocols), Exposed=Window,Worker] interface WebSocket : EventTarget { readonly attribute DOMString url; // ready state const unsigned short CONNECTING = 0; const unsigned short OPEN = 1; const unsigned short CLOSING = 2; const unsigned short CLOSED = 3; readonly attribute unsigned short readyState; readonly attribute unsigned long bufferedAmount; // networking attribute EventHandler onopen; attribute EventHandler onerror; attribute EventHandler onclose; readonly attribute DOMString extensions; readonly attribute DOMString protocol; void close([Clamp] ...Get WebSocket Essentials – Building Apps with HTML5 WebSockets now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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