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websocket::stream::handshake (1 of 4 overloads)

Send an HTTP WebSocket Upgrade request and receive the response.

Synopsis
void
handshake(
    string_view host,
    string_view target);
Description

This function is used to synchronously send the WebSocket upgrade HTTP request. The call blocks until one of the following conditions is true:

This function is implemented in terms of one or more calls to the next layer's read_some and write_some functions.

The operation is successful if the received HTTP response indicates a successful HTTP Upgrade (represented by a Status-Code of 101, "switching protocols").

Parameters

Name

Description

host

The name of the remote host, required by the HTTP protocol.

target

The Request Target, which may not be empty, required by the HTTP protocol.

Exceptions

Type

Thrown On

system_error

Thrown on failure.

Example
websocket::stream<ip::tcp::socket> ws{io_context};
...
try
{
    ws.handshake("localhost", "/");
}
catch(...)
{
    // An error occurred.
}

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