websocket pub/sub microservice

websocket pub/sub style microservice server written in golang

Usage

run server: go run server.go
connect to the server with arguments ?topic=<some_topic>
send messages to the server for that topic
receive messages from the server for that topic

Features

supports multiple topics
supports multiple clients per topic
optional api key define in /utils/system_utils/system_utils.go
multithreaded
cmd line arguments for development(bind to localhost) and production(bind to public address)
logging output to file

testing

basic example html served from /test route to test websocket connection

layout

server.go: main file
- starts websocket server
- contains the handler function
file_utils.go: file utilities
- contains functions to read and write files
time_utils.go: time utilities
- contains functions to get the current time and date
http_utils.go: http utilities
- contains functions to handle http requests
- contains functions to handle websocket requests
system_utils.go: system utilities
- handles cmd line arguments

websocket server library

gorilla websocket
- Gorilla WebSocket is a Go implementation of the WebSocket protocol.

Cheers, Mark