wsserver

This gem is a WebSocket server for Ruby.

Installation

Download the latest release and run gem install wsserver.gem in the directory where you put it.

Usage

Put this code in a file:

server = WebsocketServer.new

while true
  Thread.new(server.accept) do |connection|
    # Your code here
  end
end

To receive a message from the client do connection.recv. Note: connection.recv will return false if the connection was closed. To send a message to the client do connection.send. To close the connection do connection.close The WebSocketServer class accepts two named arguments as well: host: The host this server will run on. Defaults to localhost. port: The port the server will run on. Defaults to 4567.