SourceMod WebSocket Extension

What is this?

This is a SourceMod extension that provides some methods for HTTP JSON and websocket communication

Features

• Relies on IXWebSocket which is C++ library for WebSocket client and server development. It has minimal dependencies
• Support TEXT and JSON data
• Support client and server
• Support permessage-deflate
• Support SSL
• Support x64
• Support HTTP RESTful API with JSON and form data

Dependencies

• sm-ext-json - Optional. Required only for JSON-related features. If not installed, TEXT-based WebSocket communication and non-JSON HTTP features will still work

Installation

1. (Optional) If you need JSON functionality, download and install sm-ext-json first
2. Download this extension from sm-ext-websocket
3. Extract the files to your SourceMod directory

How to build this?

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clang g++-multilib zlib1g-dev zlib1g-dev:i386 libssl-dev libssl-dev:i386
clone project
mkdir build && cd build
python ../configure.py --enable-optimize --symbol-files --sm-path=YOU_SOURCEMOD_PATH --targets=x86,x64
ambuild

Native

• websocket
• http

Binary files

• GitHub Releases

TODO

• WebSocket server support
• Windows support
• HTTP support
• Use sourcemod extension interface for JSON functionality instead of bundling json library
• Allow JSON library as an optional dependency

NOTES

• Server will not process data during the hibernation. You can set sv_hibernate_when_empty to 0 to disable hibernation

Example

• Example Script