wscljs

A thin and lightweight(no external dependencies) websocket client for ClojureScript.

Why did we write this?

There are already existing Clojure/Clojurescript websocket libraries like Sente and Chord. However these libraries support creating both websocket server and client. This requires additional dependencies which we didn't want. Wscljs is a thin wrapper over the Javascript websockets and brings in no extra dependency.

Usage

(require '[wscljs.client :as ws]

To create a new websocket connection:

(def socket (ws/create "ws://...." handlers))

where handlers is a map containing handler functions mapped to the following keys:

Required:

• :on-message => called when recieving message on the socket

Optional:

• :on-open => called when opening a socket connection
• :on-close => called when closing a socket connection
• :on-error => called when an error is received

For example, to print the data received by the socket, do:

(def handlers {:on-message (fn [e] (prn (.-data e)))
               :on-open    #(prn "Opening a new connection")
               :on-close   #(prn "Closing a connection")})
(def socket (ws/create "ws://...." handlers))

To send json data over the socket, do:

(require '[wscljs.format :as fmt])

(ws/send socket {:command "ping"} fmt/json)

The supported formats are:

• json
• edn
• identity

After you're done, close the socket:

(ws/close socket)

Setup

To get an interactive development environment run:

lein figwheel

and open your browser at localhost:3449. This will auto compile and send all changes to the browser without the need to reload. After the compilation process is complete, you will get a Browser Connected REPL. An easy way to try it is:

(js/alert "Am I connected?")

and you should see an alert in the browser window.

To clean all compiled files:

lein clean

To create a production build run:

lein do clean, cljsbuild once min

And open your browser in resources/public/index.html. You will not get live reloading, nor a REPL.

Testing

Inorder to run tests, you need to have PhantomJS installed. After installing it, run the tests:

lein test

Note: I've only tested this with Phantom 2.1.1. As per this comment, using < 2.x may not work.

Authors

• Abhik Khanra (@trycatcher)
• Kiran Gangadharan (@kirang89)
• Udit Kumar (@yudistrange)

License

Copyright © 2017 Nilenso Software LLP

Distributed under the Eclipse Public License either version 1.0 or (at your option) any later version.