A library for easy HTTP and websockets messaging in C++ applications.
It provides the following features:
- HTTP server with integrated websockets support
- HTTP client for making simple asynchronous requests (with or without payload)
- Websockets client for sending, broadcasting and receiving text and binary messages
Rockets is a cross-platform library designed to run on any modern operating system, including all Unix variants. It requires a C++11 compiler and uses CMake to create a platform specific build environment. The following platforms and build environments are tested:
- Linux: Ubuntu 16.04, RHEL 6.8
- Mac OS X: 10.9
Rockets requires the following external, pre-installed dependencies:
- libwebsockets
- Boost (for unit tests)
Building from source is as simple as:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/BlueBrain/Rockets.git
mkdir Rockets/build
cd Rockets/build
cmake -GNinja ..
ninjaRockets provides client libraries for the following languages:
Follow the next guidelines when making a contribution:
- Use Conventional Commits spec whenever making a commit
- Keep PRs to a single feature or fix