msgkit

msgkit is a quick and easy websocket message handling package for Go.

Usage

package main

import (
	"log"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/tile38/msgkit"
)

func main() {
	// Initialize a msgkit handler
	s := msgkit.NewServer(nil)

	// Bind a response handler to any JSON message with the "type" of "Echo"
	s.On("echo", func(so *msgkit.Socket, msg string) {
		so.Send("echo", "Hello World!")
	})

	// Bind the handler to url path "/ws"
	http.Handle("/ws", s)

	// start serving on port 8000
	srv := &http.Server{Addr: ":8000"}
	log.Fatal(srv.ListenAndServe())
}

The Idea

The msgkit payload is a JSON payload containing AT LEAST a message type. Any websocket message with a "type" field will be passed to its respective handler defined in your go code. You can choose to nest payloads within another field in your JSON message or pass fields at the parent level.

Note: The "type" should indicate both your method AND resource if applicable.

A request for an account with ID 1234

{
    "type": "Account",
    "id:": 1234,
}

A message with the text "Hey guys!"

{
    "type": "Message",
    "text": "Hey guys!"
}

A request to create an account

{
    "type": "Create-Account",
    "account": {
        "name": "Mike",
        "username": "Mike1234",
        "password": "Goforlife997"
    }
}

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright © 2018 Tile38, LLC

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.