fix #210 / better standalone example, an echo client

main.cpp

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+/*
+ *  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;
+}