pywebsocket

Websocket server written in Python.


Keywords
python-websocket, websocket-server
License
GPL-3.0
Install
pip install pywebsocket==1.0.6

Documentation

pywebsocket

Simple websocket server library written in Python.

Example Server Code:
main.py

from pywebsocket.server import WebsocketServer, WebsocketClient

def on_client_connect(server : WebsocketServer, 
                      client : WebsocketClient) -> None:
    # Add this client's socket id to a channel's user list.
    server.default_channel["users"].append(client.get_id())
    client.data["current_channel"] = server.default_channel

    print(server.channel_list)

def on_client_disconnect(server : WebsocketServer, 
                          client : WebsocketClient) -> None:
    # Remove the client from the channel it is currently in.
    client.data["current_channel"]["users"].remove(client.get_id())

    print(server.channel_list)

def on_client_data(server : WebsocketServer, 
                   client : WebsocketClient,
                   data) -> None:
    # Echo client's message.
    print("Received from client:", data)
    server.send_string(client.get_id(), data)

server = WebsocketServer("192.168.1.2", 3630,
                         client_buffer_size  = 1024,
                         pass_data_as_string = True,
                         debug               = True)

# You can set your own variables to server like below:
server.channel_list = {
    "general" : {
        "users" : []
    },
    "news" : {
        "users" : []
    }
}
server.default_channel = server.channel_list["general"]

server.set_special_handler("client_connect",    on_client_connect)
server.set_special_handler("client_disconnect", on_client_disconnect)
server.set_special_handler("client_data",       on_client_data)

server.start()

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install pywebsocket

Or you can install manually by cloning this repo and running this command:

python3 setup.py install

Documentation

Please refer to here for documentation.


Notes:

  • Doesn't support HTTPS connection.
  • Server does support receiving fragmented messages but it doesn't support sending fragmented messages.