(cmake) install IXUniquePtr.h

.github/workflows/unittest_uwp.yml

@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-vsdevenv@master
+    - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
     - run: |
         mkdir build
         cd build
-        cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=c:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION="10.0" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl.exe -DUSE_TEST=1 -DUSE_ZLIB=0 ..
-    - run: cmake --build build
+        cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=c:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION="10.0" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl.exe -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl.exe -DUSE_TEST=1 -DUSE_ZLIB=0 ..
+    - run: |
+        cd build
+        ninja
+    - run: |
+        cd build
+        ninja test
 
 #
 #   Windows with OpenSSL is working but disabled as it takes 13 minutes (10 for openssl) to build with vcpkg

.github/workflows/unittest_windows.yml

@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-vsdevenv@master
+    - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
     - run: |
         mkdir build
         cd build
-        cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl.exe -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 -DUSE_ZLIB=0 ..
-    - run: cmake --build build
+        cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl.exe -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl.exe -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 -DUSE_ZLIB=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..
+    - run: |
+        cd build
+        ninja
+    - run: |
+        cd build
+        ninja test
 
 #- run: ../build/test/ixwebsocket_unittest.exe
 # working-directory: test

.github/workflows/unittest_windows_gcc.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: windows_gcc
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'docs/**'
+
+jobs:
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
+    - uses: egor-tensin/setup-mingw@v2
+    - run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=c++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cc -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 -DUSE_ZLIB=0 -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON ..
+    - run: |
+        cd build
+        ninja
+    - run: |
+        cd build
+        ctest -V
+        # ninja test
+
+#- run: ../build/test/ixwebsocket_unittest.exe
+# working-directory: test

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ ws/.certs/
 ws/.srl
 ixhttpd
 makefile
+a.out

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set (CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
+option (BUILD_DEMO OFF)
+
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
   set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ set( IXWEBSOCKET_HEADERS
     ixwebsocket/IXSocketTLSOptions.h
     ixwebsocket/IXStrCaseCompare.h
     ixwebsocket/IXUdpSocket.h
+    ixwebsocket/IXUniquePtr.h
     ixwebsocket/IXUrlParser.h
     ixwebsocket/IXUuid.h
     ixwebsocket/IXUtf8Validator.h
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ set( IXWEBSOCKET_HEADERS
     ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
 )
 
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries (.dll/.so) instead of static ones (.lib/.a)" OFF)
 option(USE_TLS "Enable TLS support" FALSE)
 
 if (USE_TLS)
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ if (USE_TLS)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-add_library( ixwebsocket STATIC
+add_library( ixwebsocket
     ${IXWEBSOCKET_SOURCES}
     ${IXWEBSOCKET_HEADERS}
 )
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ if (USE_TLS)
     target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket ${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES})
   elseif (USE_SECURE_TRANSPORT)
     message(STATUS "TLS configured to use secure transport")
-    target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket "-framework foundation" "-framework security")
+    target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket "-framework Foundation" "-framework Security")
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -273,3 +277,8 @@ if (USE_WS OR USE_TEST)
     add_subdirectory(test)
   endif()
 endif()
+
+if (BUILD_DEMO) 
+  add_executable(demo main.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(demo ixwebsocket) 
+endif()

README.md

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ A bad security bug affecting users compiling with SSL enabled and OpenSSL as the
  *  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
+ *  $ mkdir -p build ; (cd build ; cmake -DUSE_TLS=1 .. ; make -j ; make install)
+ *  $ clang++ --std=c++11 --stdlib=libc++ main.cpp -lixwebsocket -lz -framework Security -framework Foundation
  *  $ ./a.out
+ *
+ *  Or use cmake -DBUILD_DEMO=ON option for other platforms
  */
 
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
@@ -44,10 +46,12 @@ int main()
             if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
             {
                 std::cout << "received message: " << msg->str << std::endl;
+                std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
             }
             else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Open)
             {
                 std::cout << "Connection established" << std::endl;
+                std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
             }
         }
     );
@@ -58,13 +62,16 @@ int main()
     // 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);
+    // Display a prompt
+    std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
 
+    std::string text;
+    // Read text from the console and send messages in text mode.
+    // Exit with Ctrl-D on Unix or Ctrl-Z on Windows.
+    while (std::getline(std::cin, text))
+    {
         webSocket.send(text);
+        std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -77,6 +84,8 @@ IXWebSocket is actively being developed, check out the [changelog](https://machi
 
 IXWebSocket client code is autobahn compliant beginning with the 6.0.0 version. See the current [test results](https://bsergean.github.io/autobahn/reports/clients/index.html). Some tests are still failing in the server code.
 
+Starting with the 11.0.8 release, IXWebSocket should be fully C++11 compatible.
+
 ## Users
 
 If your company or project is using this library, feel free to open an issue or PR to amend this list.
@@ -87,6 +96,7 @@ If your company or project is using this library, feel free to open an issue or
 - [gwebsocket](https://github.com/norrbotten/gwebsocket), a websocket (lua) module for Garry's Mod
 - [DisCPP](https://github.com/DisCPP/DisCPP), a simple but feature rich Discord API wrapper
 - [discord.cpp](https://github.com/luccanunes/discord.cpp), a discord library for making bots
+- [Teleport](http://teleportconnect.com/), Teleport is your own personal remote robot avatar
 
 ## Alternative libraries
 
@@ -96,6 +106,7 @@ There are plenty of great websocket libraries out there, which might work for yo
 * [beast](https://github.com/boostorg/beast) - C++
 * [libwebsockets](https://libwebsockets.org/) - C
 * [µWebSockets](https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets) - C
+* [wslay](https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/wslay) - C
 
 [uvweb](https://github.com/bsergean/uvweb) is a library written by the IXWebSocket author which is built on top of [uvw](https://github.com/skypjack/uvw), which is a C++ wrapper for [libuv](https://libuv.org/). It has more dependencies and does not support SSL at this point, but it can be used to open multiple connections within a single OS thread thanks to libuv.
 
@@ -113,6 +124,10 @@ To check the performance of a websocket library, you can look at the [autoroute]
 | UWP               | Disabled          | None              | [![Build2][6]][0] |
 | Linux             | OpenSSL           | Address Sanitizer | [![Build2][7]][0] |
 
+* ASAN fails on Linux because of a known problem, we need a 
+* Some tests are disabled on Windows/UWP because of a pathing problem
+* TLS and ZLIB are disabled on Windows/UWP because enabling make the CI run takes a lot of time, for setting up vcpkg.
+
 [0]: https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket
 [1]: https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/workflows/linux/badge.svg
 [2]: https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/workflows/mac_tsan_sectransport/badge.svg

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,50 @@
 
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [11.2.4] - 2021-03-25
+
+(cmake) install IXUniquePtr.h
+
+## [11.2.3] - 2021-03-24
+
+(ssl + windows) missing include for CertOpenStore function
+
+## [11.2.2] - 2021-03-23
+
+(ixwebsocket) version bump
+
+## [11.2.1] - 2021-03-23
+
+(ixwebsocket) version bump
+
+## [11.2.0] - 2021-03-23
+
+(ixwebsocket) correct mingw support (gcc on windows)
+
+## [11.1.4] - 2021-03-23
+
+(ixwebsocket) add getMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries
+
+## [11.1.3] - 2021-03-23
+
+(ixwebsocket) New option to set the min wait between reconnection attempts. Still default to 1ms. (setMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries).
+
+## [11.1.2] - 2021-03-22
+
+(ws) initialize maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries to a non zero value ; a zero value was causing spurious reconnections attempts
+
+## [11.1.1] - 2021-03-20
+
+(cmake) Library can be built as a static or a dynamic library, controlled with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS. Default to static library
+
+## [11.1.0] - 2021-03-16
+
+(ixwebsocket) Use LEAN_AND_MEAN Windows define to help with undefined link error when building a DLL. Support websocket server disablePerMessageDeflate option correctly.
+
+## [11.0.9] - 2021-03-07
+
+(ixwebsocket) Expose setHandshakeTimeout method
+
 ## [11.0.8] - 2020-12-25
 
 (ws) trim ws dependencies no more ixcrypto and ixcore deps

docs/build.md

@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ There is a unittest which can be executed by typing `make test`.
 
 Options for building:
 
+* `-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON` will build the unittest as a shared libary instead of a static library, which is the default
 * `-DUSE_ZLIB=1` will enable zlib support, required for http client + server + websocket per message deflate extension
 * `-DUSE_TLS=1` will enable TLS support
 * `-DUSE_OPEN_SSL=1` will use [openssl](https://www.openssl.org/) for the TLS support (default on Linux and Windows)
 * `-DUSE_MBED_TLS=1` will use [mbedlts](https://tls.mbed.org/) for the TLS support
 * `-DUSE_WS=1` will build the ws interactive command line tool
 * `-DUSE_TEST=1` will build the unittest
-* `-DUSE_PYTHON=1` will use Python3 for cobra bots, require Python3 to be installed.
 
 If you are on Windows, look at the [appveyor](https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/blob/master/appveyor.yml) file (not maintained much though) or rather the [github actions](https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/blob/master/.github/workflows/unittest_windows.yml) which have instructions for building dependencies.
 

docs/usage.md

@@ -256,11 +256,24 @@ Wait time(ms): 6400
 Wait time(ms): 10000
 ```
 
-The waiting time is capped by default at 10s between 2 attempts, but that value can be changed and queried.
+The waiting time is capped by default at 10s between 2 attempts, but that value
+can be changed and queried. The minimum waiting time can also be set.
 
 ```cpp
 webSocket.setMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(5 * 1000); // 5000ms = 5s
 uint32_t m = webSocket.getMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries();
+
+webSocket.setMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(1000); // 1000ms = 1s
+uint32_t m = webSocket.getMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries();
+```
+
+## Handshake timeout
+
+You can control how long to wait until timing out while waiting for the websocket handshake to be performed.
+
+```
+int handshakeTimeoutSecs = 1;
+setHandshakeTimeout(handshakeTimeoutSecs);
 ```
 
 ## WebSocket server API
@@ -334,6 +347,10 @@ if (!res.first)
     return 1;
 }
 
+// Per message deflate connection is enabled by default. It can be disabled
+// which might be helpful when running on low power devices such as a Rasbery Pi
+server.disablePerMessageDeflate();
+
 // Run the server in the background. Server can be stoped by calling server.stop()
 server.start();
 
@@ -401,6 +418,10 @@ if (!res.first)
     return 1;
 }
 
+// Per message deflate connection is enabled by default. It can be disabled
+// which might be helpful when running on low power devices such as a Rasbery Pi
+server.disablePerMessageDeflate();
+
 // Run the server in the background. Server can be stoped by calling server.stop()
 server.start();
 

ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <thread>
 
+// mingw build quirks
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(__GNUC__)
+#define AI_NUMERICSERV NI_NUMERICSERV
+#define AI_ADDRCONFIG LUP_ADDRCONFIG
+#endif
+
 namespace ix
 {
     const int64_t DNSLookup::kDefaultWait = 1; // ms

ixwebsocket/IXExponentialBackoff.cpp

@@ -10,16 +10,22 @@
 
 namespace ix
 {
-    uint32_t calculateRetryWaitMilliseconds(uint32_t retry_count,
-                                            uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries)
+    uint32_t calculateRetryWaitMilliseconds(uint32_t retryCount,
+                                            uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries,
+                                            uint32_t minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries)
     {
-        uint32_t wait_time = (retry_count < 26) ? (std::pow(2, retry_count) * 100) : 0;
+        uint32_t waitTime = (retryCount < 26) ? (std::pow(2, retryCount) * 100) : 0;
 
-        if (wait_time > maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries || wait_time == 0)
+        if (waitTime < minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries)
         {
-            wait_time = maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+            waitTime = minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
         }
 
-        return wait_time;
+        if (waitTime > maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries || waitTime == 0)
+        {
+            waitTime = maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+        }
+
+        return waitTime;
     }
 } // namespace ix

ixwebsocket/IXExponentialBackoff.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace ix
 {
-    uint32_t calculateRetryWaitMilliseconds(uint32_t retry_count,
-                                            uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries);
+    uint32_t calculateRetryWaitMilliseconds(uint32_t retryCount,
+                                            uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries,
+                                            uint32_t minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries);
 } // namespace ix

ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.cpp

@@ -124,4 +124,156 @@ namespace ix
 #endif
     }
 
+    //
+    // mingw does not have inet_ntop, which were taken as is from the musl C library.
+    //
+    const char* inet_ntop(int af, const void* a0, char* s, socklen_t l)
+    {
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(__GNUC__)
+        const unsigned char* a = (const unsigned char*) a0;
+        int i, j, max, best;
+        char buf[100];
+
+        switch (af)
+        {
+            case AF_INET:
+                if (snprintf(s, l, "%d.%d.%d.%d", a[0], a[1], a[2], a[3]) < l) return s;
+                break;
+            case AF_INET6:
+                if (memcmp(a, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\377\377", 12))
+                    snprintf(buf,
+                             sizeof buf,
+                             "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x",
+                             256 * a[0] + a[1],
+                             256 * a[2] + a[3],
+                             256 * a[4] + a[5],
+                             256 * a[6] + a[7],
+                             256 * a[8] + a[9],
+                             256 * a[10] + a[11],
+                             256 * a[12] + a[13],
+                             256 * a[14] + a[15]);
+                else
+                    snprintf(buf,
+                             sizeof buf,
+                             "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%d.%d.%d.%d",
+                             256 * a[0] + a[1],
+                             256 * a[2] + a[3],
+                             256 * a[4] + a[5],
+                             256 * a[6] + a[7],
+                             256 * a[8] + a[9],
+                             256 * a[10] + a[11],
+                             a[12],
+                             a[13],
+                             a[14],
+                             a[15]);
+                /* Replace longest /(^0|:)[:0]{2,}/ with "::" */
+                for (i = best = 0, max = 2; buf[i]; i++)
+                {
+                    if (i && buf[i] != ':') continue;
+                    j = strspn(buf + i, ":0");
+                    if (j > max) best = i, max = j;
+                }
+                if (max > 3)
+                {
+                    buf[best] = buf[best + 1] = ':';
+                    memmove(buf + best + 2, buf + best + max, i - best - max + 1);
+                }
+                if (strlen(buf) < l)
+                {
+                    strcpy(s, buf);
+                    return s;
+                }
+                break;
+            default: errno = EAFNOSUPPORT; return 0;
+        }
+        errno = ENOSPC;
+        return 0;
+#else
+        return ::inet_ntop(af, a0, s, l);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    static int hexval(unsigned c)
+    {
+        if (c - '0' < 10) return c - '0';
+        c |= 32;
+        if (c - 'a' < 6) return c - 'a' + 10;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    //
+    // mingw does not have inet_pton, which were taken as is from the musl C library.
+    //
+    int inet_pton(int af, const char* s, void* a0)
+    {
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(__GNUC__)
+        uint16_t ip[8];
+        unsigned char* a = (unsigned char*) a0;
+        int i, j, v, d, brk = -1, need_v4 = 0;
+
+        if (af == AF_INET)
+        {
+            for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+            {
+                for (v = j = 0; j < 3 && isdigit(s[j]); j++)
+                    v = 10 * v + s[j] - '0';
+                if (j == 0 || (j > 1 && s[0] == '0') || v > 255) return 0;
+                a[i] = v;
+                if (s[j] == 0 && i == 3) return 1;
+                if (s[j] != '.') return 0;
+                s += j + 1;
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else if (af != AF_INET6)
+        {
+            errno = EAFNOSUPPORT;
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (*s == ':' && *++s != ':') return 0;
+
+        for (i = 0;; i++)
+        {
+            if (s[0] == ':' && brk < 0)
+            {
+                brk = i;
+                ip[i & 7] = 0;
+                if (!*++s) break;
+                if (i == 7) return 0;
+                continue;
+            }
+            for (v = j = 0; j < 4 && (d = hexval(s[j])) >= 0; j++)
+                v = 16 * v + d;
+            if (j == 0) return 0;
+            ip[i & 7] = v;
+            if (!s[j] && (brk >= 0 || i == 7)) break;
+            if (i == 7) return 0;
+            if (s[j] != ':')
+            {
+                if (s[j] != '.' || (i < 6 && brk < 0)) return 0;
+                need_v4 = 1;
+                i++;
+                break;
+            }
+            s += j + 1;
+        }
+        if (brk >= 0)
+        {
+            memmove(ip + brk + 7 - i, ip + brk, 2 * (i + 1 - brk));
+            for (j = 0; j < 7 - i; j++)
+                ip[brk + j] = 0;
+        }
+        for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
+        {
+            *a++ = ip[j] >> 8;
+            *a++ = ip[j];
+        }
+        if (need_v4 && inet_pton(AF_INET, (const char*) s, a - 4) <= 0) return 0;
+        return 1;
+#else
+        return ::inet_pton(af, s, a0);
+#endif
+    }
+
 } // namespace ix

ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+
+#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#endif
+
 #include <WS2tcpip.h>
 #include <WinSock2.h>
 #include <basetsd.h>
@@ -16,6 +21,22 @@
 // Define our own poll on Windows, as a wrapper on top of select
 typedef unsigned long int nfds_t;
 
+// mingw does not know about poll so mock it
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+struct pollfd
+{
+    int fd;        /* file descriptor */
+    short events;  /* requested events */
+    short revents; /* returned events */
+};
+
+#define POLLIN 0x001   /* There is data to read.  */
+#define POLLOUT 0x004  /* Writing now will not block.  */
+#define POLLERR 0x008  /* Error condition.  */
+#define POLLHUP 0x010  /* Hung up.  */
+#define POLLNVAL 0x020 /* Invalid polling request.  */
+#endif
+
 #else
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -44,4 +65,7 @@ namespace ix
     bool uninitNetSystem();
 
     int poll(struct pollfd* fds, nfds_t nfds, int timeout);
+
+    const char* inet_ntop(int af, const void* src, char* dst, socklen_t size);
+    int inet_pton(int af, const char* src, void* dst);
 } // namespace ix

ixwebsocket/IXSetThreadName.cpp

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace ix
 
     void SetThreadName(DWORD dwThreadID, const char* threadName)
     {
+#ifndef __GNUC__
         THREADNAME_INFO info;
         info.dwType = 0x1000;
         info.szName = threadName;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ namespace ix
         __except (EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER)
         {
         }
+#endif
     }
 #endif
 

ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #include "IXSocketConnect.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// For manipulating the certificate store
+#include <wincrypt.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace ix
 {
     SocketMbedTLS::SocketMbedTLS(const SocketTLSOptions& tlsOptions, int fd)

ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 #endif
 #define socketerrno errno
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// For manipulating the certificate store
+#include <wincrypt.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 namespace
 {

ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace ix
             server.sin_family = _addressFamily;
             server.sin_port = htons(_port);
 
-            if (inet_pton(_addressFamily, _host.c_str(), &server.sin_addr.s_addr) <= 0)
+            if (ix::inet_pton(_addressFamily, _host.c_str(), &server.sin_addr.s_addr) <= 0)
             {
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << "SocketServer::listen() error calling inet_pton "
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace ix
             server.sin6_family = _addressFamily;
             server.sin6_port = htons(_port);
 
-            if (inet_pton(_addressFamily, _host.c_str(), &server.sin6_addr) <= 0)
+            if (ix::inet_pton(_addressFamily, _host.c_str(), &server.sin6_addr) <= 0)
             {
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << "SocketServer::listen() error calling inet_pton "
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ namespace ix
             if (_addressFamily == AF_INET)
             {
                 char remoteIp4[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
-                if (inet_ntop(AF_INET, &client.sin_addr, remoteIp4, INET_ADDRSTRLEN) == nullptr)
+                if (ix::inet_ntop(AF_INET, &client.sin_addr, remoteIp4, INET_ADDRSTRLEN) == nullptr)
                 {
                     int err = Socket::getErrno();
                     std::stringstream ss;
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ namespace ix
             else // AF_INET6
             {
                 char remoteIp6[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-                if (inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &client.sin_addr, remoteIp6, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) == nullptr)
+                if (ix::inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &client.sin_addr, remoteIp6, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) ==
+                    nullptr)
                 {
                     int err = Socket::getErrno();
                     std::stringstream ss;

ixwebsocket/IXStrCaseCompare.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace ix
     bool CaseInsensitiveLess::NocaseCompare::operator()(const unsigned char& c1,
                                                         const unsigned char& c2) const
     {
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__GNUC__)
         return std::tolower(c1, std::locale()) < std::tolower(c2, std::locale());
 #else
         return std::tolower(c1) < std::tolower(c2);

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp

@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ namespace ix
     const int WebSocket::kDefaultPingIntervalSecs(-1);
     const bool WebSocket::kDefaultEnablePong(true);
     const uint32_t WebSocket::kDefaultMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(10 * 1000); // 10s
+    const uint32_t WebSocket::kDefaultMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(1);         // 1 ms
 
     WebSocket::WebSocket()
         : _onMessageCallback(OnMessageCallback())
         , _stop(false)
         , _automaticReconnection(true)
         , _maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(kDefaultMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries)
+        , _minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(kDefaultMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries)
         , _handshakeTimeoutSecs(kDefaultHandShakeTimeoutSecs)
         , _enablePong(kDefaultEnablePong)
         , _pingIntervalSecs(kDefaultPingIntervalSecs)
@@ -56,6 +58,11 @@ namespace ix
         _url = url;
     }
 
+    void WebSocket::setHandshakeTimeout(int handshakeTimeoutSecs)
+    {
+        _handshakeTimeoutSecs = handshakeTimeoutSecs;
+    }
+
     void WebSocket::setExtraHeaders(const WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers)
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
@@ -131,12 +138,24 @@ namespace ix
         _maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries = maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
     }
 
+    void WebSocket::setMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(uint32_t minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
+        _minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries = minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+    }
+
     uint32_t WebSocket::getMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries() const
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
         return _maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
     }
 
+    uint32_t WebSocket::getMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries() const
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
+        return _minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+    }
+
     void WebSocket::start()
     {
         if (_thread.joinable()) return; // we've already been started
@@ -213,7 +232,9 @@ namespace ix
         return status;
     }
 
-    WebSocketInitResult WebSocket::connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket> socket, int timeoutSecs)
+    WebSocketInitResult WebSocket::connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket> socket,
+                                                   int timeoutSecs,
+                                                   bool enablePerMessageDeflate)
     {
         {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
@@ -221,7 +242,8 @@ namespace ix
                 _perMessageDeflateOptions, _socketTLSOptions, _enablePong, _pingIntervalSecs);
         }
 
-        WebSocketInitResult status = _ws.connectToSocket(std::move(socket), timeoutSecs);
+        WebSocketInitResult status =
+            _ws.connectToSocket(std::move(socket), timeoutSecs, enablePerMessageDeflate);
         if (!status.success)
         {
             return status;
@@ -303,8 +325,10 @@ namespace ix
 
                 if (_automaticReconnection)
                 {
-                    duration = millis(calculateRetryWaitMilliseconds(
-                        retries++, _maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries));
+                    duration =
+                        millis(calculateRetryWaitMilliseconds(retries++,
+                                                              _maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries,
+                                                              _minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries));
 
                     connectErr.wait_time = duration.count();
                     connectErr.retries = retries;

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace ix
         void enablePerMessageDeflate();
         void disablePerMessageDeflate();
         void addSubProtocol(const std::string& subProtocol);
+        void setHandshakeTimeout(int handshakeTimeoutSecs);
 
         // Run asynchronously, by calling start and stop.
         void start();
@@ -100,7 +101,9 @@ namespace ix
         void disableAutomaticReconnection();
         bool isAutomaticReconnectionEnabled() const;
         void setMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries);
+        void setMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries(uint32_t minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries);
         uint32_t getMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries() const;
+        uint32_t getMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries() const;
         const std::vector<std::string>& getSubProtocols();
 
     private:
@@ -114,7 +117,9 @@ namespace ix
         static void invokeTrafficTrackerCallback(size_t size, bool incoming);
 
         // Server
-        WebSocketInitResult connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket>, int timeoutSecs);
+        WebSocketInitResult connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket>,
+                                            int timeoutSecs,
+                                            bool enablePerMessageDeflate);
 
         WebSocketTransport _ws;
 
@@ -137,7 +142,9 @@ namespace ix
         // Automatic reconnection
         std::atomic<bool> _automaticReconnection;
         static const uint32_t kDefaultMaxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+        static const uint32_t kDefaultMinWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
         uint32_t _maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+        uint32_t _minWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
 
         // Make the sleeping in the automatic reconnection cancellable
         std::mutex _sleepMutex;

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp

@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ namespace ix
         return WebSocketInitResult(true, status, "", headers, path);
     }
 
-    WebSocketInitResult WebSocketHandshake::serverHandshake(int timeoutSecs)
+    WebSocketInitResult WebSocketHandshake::serverHandshake(int timeoutSecs,
+                                                            bool enablePerMessageDeflate)
     {
         _requestInitCancellation = false;
 
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ namespace ix
         WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions(header);
 
         // If the client has requested that extension,
-        if (webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions.enabled())
+        if (webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions.enabled() && enablePerMessageDeflate)
         {
             _enablePerMessageDeflate = true;
 

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.h

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace ix
                                             int port,
                                             int timeoutSecs);
 
-        WebSocketInitResult serverHandshake(int timeoutSecs);
+        WebSocketInitResult serverHandshake(int timeoutSecs, bool enablePerMessageDeflate);
 
     private:
         std::string genRandomString(const int len);

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.cpp

@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ namespace ix
         }
         else if (_onClientMessageCallback)
         {
+            WebSocket* webSocketRawPtr = webSocket.get();
             webSocket->setOnMessageCallback(
-                [this, &ws = *webSocket.get(), connectionState](const WebSocketMessagePtr& msg) {
-                    _onClientMessageCallback(connectionState, ws, msg);
+                [this, webSocketRawPtr, connectionState](const WebSocketMessagePtr& msg) {
+                    _onClientMessageCallback(connectionState, *webSocketRawPtr, msg);
                 });
         }
         else
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ namespace ix
             _clients.insert(webSocket);
         }
 
-        auto status = webSocket->connectToSocket(std::move(socket), _handshakeTimeoutSecs);
+        auto status = webSocket->connectToSocket(
+            std::move(socket), _handshakeTimeoutSecs, _enablePerMessageDeflate);
         if (status.success)
         {
             // Process incoming messages and execute callbacks
@@ -168,4 +170,46 @@ namespace ix
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_clientsMutex);
         return _clients.size();
     }
+
+    //
+    // Classic servers
+    //
+    void WebSocketServer::makeBroadcastServer()
+    {
+        setOnClientMessageCallback([this](std::shared_ptr<ConnectionState> connectionState,
+                                          WebSocket& webSocket,
+                                          const WebSocketMessagePtr& msg) {
+            auto remoteIp = connectionState->getRemoteIp();
+            if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
+            {
+                for (auto&& client : getClients())
+                {
+                    if (client.get() != &webSocket)
+                    {
+                        client->send(msg->str, msg->binary);
+
+                        // Make sure the OS send buffer is flushed before moving on
+                        do
+                        {
+                            size_t bufferedAmount = client->bufferedAmount();
+                            std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli> duration(500);
+                            std::this_thread::sleep_for(duration);
+                        } while (client->bufferedAmount() != 0);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    bool WebSocketServer::listenAndStart()
+    {
+        auto res = listen();
+        if (!res.first)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        start();
+        return true;
+    }
 } // namespace ix

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ namespace ix
         // Get all the connected clients
         std::set<std::shared_ptr<WebSocket>> getClients();
 
+        void makeBroadcastServer();
+        bool listenAndStart();
+
         const static int kDefaultHandShakeTimeoutSecs;
 
     private:

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp

@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ namespace ix
 
     // Server
     WebSocketInitResult WebSocketTransport::connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket> socket,
-                                                            int timeoutSecs)
+                                                            int timeoutSecs,
+                                                            bool enablePerMessageDeflate)
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_socketMutex);
 
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ namespace ix
                                               _perMessageDeflateOptions,
                                               _enablePerMessageDeflate);
 
-        auto result = webSocketHandshake.serverHandshake(timeoutSecs);
+        auto result = webSocketHandshake.serverHandshake(timeoutSecs, enablePerMessageDeflate);
         if (result.success)
         {
             setReadyState(ReadyState::OPEN);

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.h

@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ namespace ix
                                          int timeoutSecs);
 
         // Server
-        WebSocketInitResult connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket> socket, int timeoutSecs);
+        WebSocketInitResult connectToSocket(std::unique_ptr<Socket> socket,
+                                            int timeoutSecs,
+                                            bool enablePerMessageDeflate);
 
         PollResult poll();
         WebSocketSendInfo sendBinary(const std::string& message,

ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "11.0.8"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "11.2.4"

main.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  *  $ 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
+ *
+ *  Or use cmake -DBUILD_DEMO=ON option for other platform
  */
 
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
@@ -35,10 +37,12 @@ int main()
             if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
             {
                 std::cout << "received message: " << msg->str << std::endl;
+                std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
             }
             else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Open)
             {
                 std::cout << "Connection established" << std::endl;
+                std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
             }
         }
     );
@@ -49,13 +53,16 @@ int main()
     // 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);
+    // Display a prompt
+    std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
 
+    std::string text;
+    // Read text from the console and send messages in text mode.
+    // Exit with Ctrl-D on Unix or Ctrl-Z on Windows.
+    while (std::getline(std::cin, text))
+    {
         webSocket.send(text);
+        std::cout << "> " << std::flush;
     }
 
     return 0;

makefile.dev

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ test_server:
 test:
 	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 ..)
 	(cd build ; ninja)
-	(cd build ; ninja test)
+	(cd build ; ninja -v test)
 
 test_asan:
 	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ set (TEST_TARGET_NAMES
   IXWebSocketTestConnectionDisconnection
   IXUrlParserTest
   IXHttpClientTest
-  IXHttpServerTest
   IXUnityBuildsTest
   IXHttpTest
   IXDNSLookupTest
   IXWebSocketSubProtocolTest
-  IXWebSocketChatTest
   # IXWebSocketBroadcastTest ## FIXME was depending on cobra / take a broadcast server from ws
-  IXWebSocketPerMessageDeflateCompressorTest
   IXStrCaseCompareTest
 )
 
@@ -33,6 +30,17 @@ set (TEST_TARGET_NAMES
 if (UNIX)
   list(APPEND TEST_TARGET_NAMES
     IXWebSocketCloseTest
+
+    # Fail on Windows in CI probably because the pathing is wrong and
+    # some resource files cannot be found
+    IXHttpServerTest
+    IXWebSocketChatTest
+  )
+endif()
+
+if (USE_ZLIB)
+  list(APPEND TEST_TARGET_NAMES
+    IXWebSocketPerMessageDeflateCompressorTest
   )
 endif()
 

test/IXDNSLookupTest.cpp

@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ TEST_CASE("dns", "[net]")
         auto dnsLookup = std::make_shared<DNSLookup>("wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww", 80);
 
         std::string errMsg;
-        struct addrinfo* res = dnsLookup->resolve(errMsg,
-                                                  []
-                                                  {
-                                                      return false;
-                                                  });
+        struct addrinfo* res = dnsLookup->resolve(errMsg, [] { return false; });
         std::cerr << "Error message: " << errMsg << std::endl;
         REQUIRE(res == nullptr);
     }
@@ -48,11 +44,7 @@ TEST_CASE("dns", "[net]")
 
         std::string errMsg;
         // The callback returning true means we are requesting cancellation
-        struct addrinfo* res = dnsLookup->resolve(errMsg,
-                                                  []
-                                                  {
-                                                      return true;
-                                                  });
+        struct addrinfo* res = dnsLookup->resolve(errMsg, [] { return true; });
         std::cerr << "Error message: " << errMsg << std::endl;
         REQUIRE(res == nullptr);
     }

test/IXStrCaseCompareTest.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace ix
 
             // Comparison should be case insensitive
             REQUIRE(httpHeaders["Foo"] == "foo");
+            REQUIRE(httpHeaders["Foo"] != "bar");
         }
 
         SECTION("2")
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace ix
 
             headers["Upgrade"] = "webSocket";
 
-            REQUIRE(CaseInsensitiveLess::cmp(headers["upgrade"], "WebSocket") == 0);
+            REQUIRE(!CaseInsensitiveLess::cmp(headers["upGRADE"], "webSocket"));
         }
     }
 

test/IXTest.cpp

@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ namespace ix
         std::streamoff size = file.tellg();
         file.seekg(0, file.beg);
 
-        memblock.resize((size_t) size);
-        file.read((char*) &memblock.front(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(size));
+        memblock.reserve((size_t) size);
+        memblock.insert(
+            memblock.begin(), std::istream_iterator<char>(file), std::istream_iterator<char>());
 
         return memblock;
     }

third_party/cpp-linenoise/linenoise.cpp

@@ -1639,7 +1639,10 @@ bool enableRawMode(int fd) {
 
         /* Init windows console handles only once */
         hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-        if (hOut==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) goto fatal;
+        if (hOut==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+            errno = ENOTTY;
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     DWORD consolemodeOut;

ws/ws.cpp

@@ -55,16 +55,17 @@ namespace
     std::pair<bool, std::vector<uint8_t>> load(const std::string& path)
     {
         std::vector<uint8_t> memblock;
-
         std::ifstream file(path);
+
         if (!file.is_open()) return std::make_pair(false, memblock);
 
         file.seekg(0, file.end);
         std::streamoff size = file.tellg();
         file.seekg(0, file.beg);
 
-        memblock.resize((size_t) size);
-        file.read((char*) &memblock.front(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(size));
+        memblock.reserve((size_t) size);
+        memblock.insert(
+            memblock.begin(), std::istream_iterator<char>(file), std::istream_iterator<char>());
 
         return std::make_pair(true, memblock);
     }
@@ -86,9 +87,9 @@ namespace
         std::streamoff size = file.tellg();
         file.seekg(0, file.beg);
 
-        memblock.resize(size);
-
-        file.read((char*) &memblock.front(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(size));
+        memblock.reserve((size_t) size);
+        memblock.insert(
+            memblock.begin(), std::istream_iterator<char>(file), std::istream_iterator<char>());
 
         std::string bytes(memblock.begin(), memblock.end());
         return bytes;
@@ -439,93 +440,6 @@ namespace ix
         return generateReport(url) ? 0 : 1;
     }
 
-    //
-    //  broadcast server
-    //
-    int ws_broadcast_server_main(int port,
-                                 const std::string& hostname,
-                                 const ix::SocketTLSOptions& tlsOptions)
-    {
-        spdlog::info("Listening on {}:{}", hostname, port);
-
-        ix::WebSocketServer server(port, hostname);
-        server.setTLSOptions(tlsOptions);
-
-        server.setOnClientMessageCallback(
-            [&server](std::shared_ptr<ConnectionState> connectionState,
-                      WebSocket& webSocket,
-                      const WebSocketMessagePtr& msg) {
-                auto remoteIp = connectionState->getRemoteIp();
-                if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Open)
-                {
-                    spdlog::info("New connection");
-                    spdlog::info("remote ip: {}", remoteIp);
-                    spdlog::info("id: {}", connectionState->getId());
-                    spdlog::info("Uri: {}", msg->openInfo.uri);
-                    spdlog::info("Headers:");
-                    for (auto it : msg->openInfo.headers)
-                    {
-                        spdlog::info("{}: {}", it.first, it.second);
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Close)
-                {
-                    spdlog::info("Closed connection: code {} reason {}",
-                                 msg->closeInfo.code,
-                                 msg->closeInfo.reason);
-                }
-                else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Error)
-                {
-                    std::stringstream ss;
-                    ss << "Connection error: " << msg->errorInfo.reason << std::endl;
-                    ss << "#retries: " << msg->errorInfo.retries << std::endl;
-                    ss << "Wait time(ms): " << msg->errorInfo.wait_time << std::endl;
-                    ss << "HTTP Status: " << msg->errorInfo.http_status << std::endl;
-                    spdlog::info(ss.str());
-                }
-                else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Fragment)
-                {
-                    spdlog::info("Received message fragment");
-                }
-                else if (msg->type == ix::WebSocketMessageType::Message)
-                {
-                    spdlog::info("Received {} bytes", msg->wireSize);
-
-                    for (auto&& client : server.getClients())
-                    {
-                        if (client.get() != &webSocket)
-                        {
-                            client->send(msg->str, msg->binary, [](int current, int total) -> bool {
-                                spdlog::info("Step {} out of {}", current, total);
-                                return true;
-                            });
-
-                            do
-                            {
-                                size_t bufferedAmount = client->bufferedAmount();
-                                spdlog::info("{} bytes left to be sent", bufferedAmount);
-
-                                std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli> duration(500);
-                                std::this_thread::sleep_for(duration);
-                            } while (client->bufferedAmount() != 0);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-
-        auto res = server.listen();
-        if (!res.first)
-        {
-            spdlog::info(res.second);
-            return 1;
-        }
-
-        server.start();
-        server.wait();
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     /*
      *  ws_chat.cpp
      *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
@@ -988,8 +902,11 @@ namespace ix
 
         auto addr = res->ai_addr;
 
+        // FIXME: this display weird addresses / we could steal libuv inet.c
+        // code which display correct results
+
         char str[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
-        inet_ntop(AF_INET, &addr, str, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
+        ix::inet_ntop(AF_INET, &addr, str, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
 
         spdlog::info("host: {} ip: {}", hostname, str);
 
@@ -1508,10 +1425,18 @@ namespace ix
                     filename = output;
                 }
 
-                spdlog::info("Writing to disk: {}", filename);
-                std::ofstream out(filename);
-                out.write((char*) &response->body.front(), response->body.size());
-                out.close();
+                if (filename.empty())
+                {
+                    spdlog::error("Cannot save content to disk: No output file supplied, and not "
+                                  "filename could be extracted from the url {}",
+                                  url);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    spdlog::info("Writing to disk: {}", filename);
+                    std::ofstream out(filename);
+                    out << response->body;
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1968,7 +1893,8 @@ namespace ix
 
         spdlog::info("ws_receive: Writing to disk: {}", filenameTmp);
         std::ofstream out(filenameTmp);
-        out.write((char*) &content.front(), content.size());
+        std::string contentAsString(content.begin(), content.end());
+        out << contentAsString;
         out.close();
 
         spdlog::info("ws_receive: Renaming {} to {}", filenameTmp, filename);
@@ -2156,23 +2082,6 @@ namespace ix
         _condition.wait(lock);
     }
 
-    std::vector<uint8_t> load(const std::string& path)
-    {
-        std::vector<uint8_t> memblock;
-
-        std::ifstream file(path);
-        if (!file.is_open()) return memblock;
-
-        file.seekg(0, file.end);
-        std::streamoff size = file.tellg();
-        file.seekg(0, file.beg);
-
-        memblock.resize((size_t) size);
-        file.read((char*) &memblock.front(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(size));
-
-        return memblock;
-    }
-
     void WebSocketSender::start()
     {
         _webSocket.setUrl(_url);
@@ -2266,7 +2175,8 @@ namespace ix
         std::vector<uint8_t> content;
         {
             Bench bench("ws_send: load file from disk");
-            content = load(filename);
+            auto res = load(filename);
+            content = res.second;
         }
 
         _id = uuid4();
@@ -2462,9 +2372,9 @@ namespace ix
                             else
                             {
                                 std::string readyStateString =
-                                    readyState == ReadyState::Connecting
-                                        ? "Connecting"
-                                        : readyState == ReadyState::Closing ? "Closing" : "Closed";
+                                    readyState == ReadyState::Connecting ? "Connecting"
+                                    : readyState == ReadyState::Closing  ? "Closing"
+                                                                         : "Closed";
                                 size_t bufferedAmount = client->bufferedAmount();
 
                                 spdlog::info(
@@ -2577,7 +2487,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     int delayMs = -1;
     int count = 1;
     int msgCount = 1000 * 1000;
-    uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries;
+    uint32_t maxWaitBetweenReconnectionRetries = 10 * 1000; // 10 seconds
     int pingIntervalSecs = 30;
     int runCount = 1;
 
@@ -2853,9 +2763,19 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         ret = ix::ws_push_server(
             port, hostname, tlsOptions, ipv6, disablePerMessageDeflate, disablePong, sendMsg);
     }
-    else if (app.got_subcommand("transfer"))
+    else if (app.got_subcommand("transfer") || app.got_subcommand("broadcast_server"))
     {
-        ret = ix::ws_transfer_main(port, hostname, tlsOptions);
+        ix::WebSocketServer server(port, hostname);
+        server.setTLSOptions(tlsOptions);
+        server.makeBroadcastServer();
+        if (!server.listenAndStart())
+        {
+            spdlog::error("Error while starting the server");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            server.wait();
+        }
     }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("send"))
     {
@@ -2870,10 +2790,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     {
         ret = ix::ws_chat_main(url, user);
     }
-    else if (app.got_subcommand("broadcast_server"))
-    {
-        ret = ix::ws_broadcast_server_main(port, hostname, tlsOptions);
-    }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("ping"))
     {
         ret = ix::ws_ping_pong_main(url, tlsOptions);