A Golang+Websocket based server


Keywords
golang
License
MIT
Install
go get github.com/pratts/goroomserver

Documentation

Go Room Server

Go Room Server is a Golang based server with websocket functionality using Gorilla-Websocket.

Description

The server provides the functionality to create multiple applications acting as namespaces. Each application consists of list of rooms and connected users. Users connect using either custom websocket implementation or the goroomserver libraries Go-Room-Client-JS and Go-Room-Client-Go coming soon.

Installation

go get github.com/pratts/goroomserver

Concept

The server consists of multiple components:

1. A main server that will contain a map of applications associated with the application name.
2. Each application will contain room and user services consisting of rooms created and 
   logged in users.
3. Each room will contain a map of users against their names who have joined the room.
4. Each user will have a connection reference to use for communication and the rooms user 
   has joined.
5. Each application and room will have an extension with init method that'll be called after 
   successful initialization of application and room respectively.
6. Server works with various events that are triggered either from server or client.
7. Each application and room will have a map of event handlers. On each
   event getting triggered, the respective event handler's handleEvent method will be called 
   with appropriate parameters.
8. Following is the list of event that are currently handled on server end:
    a.) Connection
    b.) Disconnection
    c.) Login
    d.) Logout
    e.) Join Room
    f.) Leave Room
    g.) Message

More feature coming

1. Trigerring events from server side
2. Thread pool to handle the events triggered. Currently each websocket message is handled in a 
   separate goroutine
3. Exception handling
4. Client side libraries
5. Server side application example

Note:

The logic to start websocket server is blocking. Either start the websocket at the end, after you've 
initiated everything or start it in a separate goroutine.

Credits

The server users the Gorilla-Websocket library for websocket implementation.