WebSocket::send takes a third arg, binary which default to true (can be text too)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased] - 2019-06-xx
 ### Changed
+- WebSocket::send takes a third arg, binary which default to true (can be text too)
 - WebSocket callback only take one object, a const ix::WebSocketMessagePtr& msg
 - Add explicite WebSocket::sendBinary
 - New headers + WebSocketMessage class to hold message data, still not used across the board

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp

@@ -385,9 +385,12 @@ namespace ix
     }
 
     WebSocketSendInfo WebSocket::send(const std::string& data,
-                                      const OnProgressCallback& onProgressCallback)
+                                      const OnProgressCallback& onProgressCallback,
+                                      bool binary)
     {
-        return sendMessage(data, SendMessageKind::Binary, onProgressCallback);
+        return sendMessage(data,
+                           (binary) ? SendMessageKind::Binary: SendMessageKind::Text,
+                           onProgressCallback);
     }
 
     WebSocketSendInfo WebSocket::sendBinary(const std::string& text,

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h

@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ namespace ix
 
         // send is in binary mode by default
         WebSocketSendInfo send(const std::string& data,
-                               const OnProgressCallback& onProgressCallback = nullptr);
+                               const OnProgressCallback& onProgressCallback = nullptr,
+                               bool binary = true);
         WebSocketSendInfo sendBinary(const std::string& text,
                                      const OnProgressCallback& onProgressCallback = nullptr);
         WebSocketSendInfo sendText(const std::string& text,