fix #210 / better standalone example, an echo client

README.md

@@ -5,33 +5,68 @@ IXWebSocket is a C++ library for WebSocket client and server development. It has
 It is been used on big mobile video game titles sending and receiving tons of messages since 2017 (iOS and Android). It was tested on macOS, iOS, Linux, Android, Windows and FreeBSD. Two important design goals are simplicity and correctness.
 
 ```cpp
+/*
+ *  main.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2020 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Super simple standalone example. See ws folder, unittest and doc/usage.md for more.
+ *
+ *  On macOS
+ *  $ mkdir -p build ; cd build ; cmake -DUSE_TLS=1 .. ; make -j ; make install
+ *  $ clang++ --std=c++14 --stdlib=libc++ main.cpp -lixwebsocket -lz -framework Security -framework Foundation
+ *  $ ./a.out
+ */
+
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h>
+#include <iostream>
 
-// Required on Windows
-ix::initNetSystem();
+int main()
+{
+    // Required on Windows
+    ix::initNetSystem();
 
-// Our websocket object
-ix::WebSocket webSocket;
+    // Our websocket object
+    ix::WebSocket webSocket;
 
-std::string url("ws://localhost:8080/");
-webSocket.setUrl(url);
+    std::string url("wss://echo.websocket.org");
+    webSocket.setUrl(url);
 
-// Setup a callback to be fired (in a background thread, watch out for race conditions !)
-// when a message or an event (open, close, error) is received
-webSocket.setOnMessageCallback([](const ix::WebSocketMessagePtr& msg)
-    {
-        if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
+    std::cout << "Connecting to " << url << "..." << std::endl;
+
+    // Setup a callback to be fired (in a background thread, watch out for race conditions !)
+    // when a message or an event (open, close, error) is received
+    webSocket.setOnMessageCallback([](const ix::WebSocketMessagePtr& msg)
         {
-            std::cout << msg->str << std::endl;
+            if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
+            {
+                std::cout << "received message: " << msg->str << std::endl;
+            }
+            else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Open)
+            {
+                std::cout << "Connection established" << std::endl;
+            }
         }
+    );
+
+    // Now that our callback is setup, we can start our background thread and receive messages
+    webSocket.start();
+
+    // Send a message to the server (default to TEXT mode)
+    webSocket.send("hello world");
+
+    while (true)
+    {
+        std::string text;
+        std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
+        std::getline(std::cin, text);
+
+        webSocket.send(text);
     }
-);
 
-// Now that our callback is setup, we can start our background thread and receive messages
-webSocket.start();
-
-// Send a message to the server (default to TEXT mode)
-webSocket.send("hello world");
+    return 0;
+}
 ```
 
 Interested? Go read the [docs](https://machinezone.github.io/IXWebSocket/)! If things don't work as expected, please create an issue on GitHub, or even better a pull request if you know how to fix your problem.

main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ *  main.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2020 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Super simple standalone example. See ws folder, unittest and doc/usage.md for more.
+ *
+ *  On macOS
+ *  $ mkdir -p build ; cd build ; cmake -DUSE_TLS=1 .. ; make -j ; make install
+ *  $ clang++ --std=c++14 --stdlib=libc++ main.cpp -lixwebsocket -lz -framework Security -framework Foundation
+ *  $ ./a.out
+ */
+
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main()
+{
+    // Required on Windows
+    ix::initNetSystem();
+
+    // Our websocket object
+    ix::WebSocket webSocket;
+
+    std::string url("wss://echo.websocket.org");
+    webSocket.setUrl(url);
+
+    std::cout << "Connecting to " << url << "..." << std::endl;
+
+    // Setup a callback to be fired (in a background thread, watch out for race conditions !)
+    // when a message or an event (open, close, error) is received
+    webSocket.setOnMessageCallback([](const ix::WebSocketMessagePtr& msg)
+        {
+            if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
+            {
+                std::cout << "received message: " << msg->str << std::endl;
+            }
+            else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Open)
+            {
+                std::cout << "Connection established" << std::endl;
+            }
+        }
+    );
+
+    // Now that our callback is setup, we can start our background thread and receive messages
+    webSocket.start();
+
+    // Send a message to the server (default to TEXT mode)
+    webSocket.send("hello world");
+
+    while (true)
+    {
+        std::string text;
+        std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
+        std::getline(std::cin, text);
+
+        webSocket.send(text);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}