SocketIOSharp

SocketIOSharp is a Socket.IO protocol revision 4 library based on Engine.IO and WebSocket protocol. It depends on EngineIOSharp to use Engine.IO protocol.

Installation

• Nuget gallery

• Command Install-Package SocketIOSharp in nuget package manager console.

Usage

Client

Namespace

using EngineIOSharp.Common.Enum;
using SocketIOSharp.Client;
using SocketIOSharp.Common;

Constructor

SocketIOClient client = new SocketIOClient(new SocketIOClientOption(EngineIOScheme.http, "localhost", 9001));

SocketIOClientOption

• Essential Parameters

  • Scheme : Scheme to connect to. It can be EngineIOScheme.http or EngineIOScheme.https. Internally, it supports ws and wss.

  • Host : Host to connect to.

  • Port : Port to connect to.

• Optional Parameters

  • PolicyPort : Port the policy server listens on. Defaults to 843.

  • Path : Path to connect to. Defaults to "/socket.io".

  • Reconnection : Whether to reconnect to server after Socket.IO client is closed or not.

  • ReconnectionAttempts : Number of reconnection attempts before giving up.

  • ReconnectionDelay : How ms to initially wait before attempting a new reconnection.

  • ReconnectionDelayMax : Maximum amount of time to wait between reconnections. Each attempt increases the ReconnectionDelay by 2x along with a randomization.

  • RandomizationFactor : 0 <= RandomizationFactor <= 1.

  • Query : Parameters that will be passed for each request to the server. Defaults to null.

  • Upgrade : Whether the client should try to upgrade the transport. Defaults to true.

  • RemeberUpgrade : Whether the client should bypass normal upgrade process when previous websocket connection is succeeded. Defaults to false.

  • ForceBase64 : Forces base 64 encoding for transport. Defaults to false.

  • WithCredentials : Whether to include credentials such as cookies, authorization headers, TLS client certificates, etc. with polling requests. Defaults to false.

  • TimestampRequests : Whether to add the timestamp with each transport request. Polling requests are always stamped. Defaults to null.

  • TimestampParam : Timestamp parameter. Defaults to "t".

  • Polling : Whether to include polling transport. Defaults to true.

  • PollingTimeout : Timeout for polling requests in milliseconds. Defaults to 0, which waits indefinitely.

  • WebSocket : Whether to include websocket transport. Defaults to true.

  • WebSocketSubprotocols : List of websocket subprotocols. Defaults to null.

  • ExtraHeaders : Headers that will be passed for each request to the server. Defaults to null.

  • ClientCertificates : The collection of security certificates that are associated with each request. Defaults to null.

  • ClientCertificateSelectionCallback : Callback used to select the certificate to supply to the server. Defaults to null.

  • ServerCertificateValidationCallback : Callback method to validate the server certificate. Defaults to null and server certificate will be always validated.

Connect

client.Connect();

Disconnect

client.Close();

or

client.Dispose();

Since SocketIOClient implements IDisposable interface, it will be automatically disconnect when SocketIOClient.Dispose is called.

Handlers

For convenient usage, it is implemented to can be used as Javascript style.

Event handlers

client.On(SocketIOClient.Event.CONNECTION, () =>
{
  Console.WriteLine("Connected!");
});

client.On(SocketIOClient.Event.DISCONNECT, () =>
{
  Console.WriteLine("Disconnected!");
});

client.On(SocketIOClient.Event.ERROR, (JToken[] Data) => // Type of argument is JToken[].
{
  if (Data != null && Data.Length > 0 && Data[0] != null)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Error : " + Data[0]);
  }
  else
  {
    Console.WrtieLine("Unkown Error");
  }
});

client.On("message", (Data) => // Argument can be used without type.
{
  if (Data != null && Data.Length > 0 && Data[0] != null)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Message : " + Data[0]);
  }
});

client.On("CustomEvent", CustomEventHandler); // Handler can be method.
client.On(9001, ItsOverNineThousands); // Type of event is JToken. So, it can be a number.

client.Off(9001, ItsOverNineThousands); // Remove 9001 event handler.

ACK handlers

client.On("ACK1", (SocketIOAckEvent EventArgument) =>
{
  // Type of SocketIOAckEvent.Data is JToken[].
  // Type of SocketIOAckEvent.Callback is Action<JToken[]>.
  
  Console.Write("On event ack1 : " + EventArgument.Data);
});

client.On("ACK2", (EventArgument) => // Argument can be used without type.
{
  Console.Write("On event ack2 : " + EventArgument.Data);
});

client.On("ACK3", CustomAckHandler); // Handler can be method.
client.On(42, LifeTheUniverseAndTheEverything); // Type of event is JToken. So, it can be a number.

client.Off(42, LifeTheUniverseAndTheEverything); // Remove 42 ack handler.

SocketIOClient.Event

public static class Event
{
  public static readonly string CONNECTION = "connection";
  public static readonly string DISCONNECT = "disconnect";
  public static readonly string ERROR = "error";
}

These are the common basic Socket.IO events.

Emit

client.Emit("Event without data and ack");

client.Emit("Event only with data", "Hello world");

client.Emit("Event only with ack, action as lambda", (Data) => Console.WriteLine("ACK : " + Data));
client.Emit("Event only with ack, action as method", Console.WriteLine);

client.Emit("Event with data and ack, action as lambda", 9001, (Data) => Console.WriteLine("ACK : " + Data));
client.Emit("Event with data and ack, action as method", 42, Console.WriteLine);
// Type of data is JToken. So, it can be a number.

Server

Namespace

using SocketIOSharp.Server;

Constructor

SocketIOServer server = new SocketIOServer(new SocketIOServerOption(9001));

SocketIOServerOption

• Essential Parameters

  • Port : Port to listen.

• Optional Parameters

  • Path : Path to listen. Defaults to "/socket.io".

  • Secure : Whether to secure connections. Defatuls to false.

  • PingTimeout : How many ms without a pong packet to consider the connection closed. Defatuls to 5000.

  • PingInterval : How many ms before sending a new ping packet. Defatuls to 25000.

  • UpgradeTimeout : How many ms before an uncompleted transport upgrade is cancelled. Defatuls to 10000.

  • Polling : Whether to accept polling transport. Defatuls to true.

  • WebSocket : Whether to accept websocket transport. Defatuls to true.

  • AllowUpgrade : Whether to allow transport upgrade. Defatuls to true.

  • SetCookie : Whether to use cookie. Defatuls to true.

  • SIDCookieName : Name of sid cookie. Defatuls to "io".

  • Cookies : Configuration of the cookie that contains the client sid to send as part of handshake response headers. This cookie might be used for sticky-session. Defatuls to null.

  • AllowHttpRequest : A function that receives a given handshake or upgrade http request as its first parameter, and can decide whether to continue or not. Defatuls to null.

  • AllowWebSocket : A function that receives a given handshake or upgrade websocket connection as its first parameter, and can decide whether to continue or not. Defatuls to null.

  • InitialData : An optional packet which will be concatenated to the handshake packet emitted by Engine.IO. Defatuls to null.

  • ServerCertificate : The certificate used to authenticate the server. Defatuls to null.

  • ClientCertificateValidationCallback : Callback used to validate the certificate supplied by the client. Defatuls to null and client certificate will be always validated.

Start

server.Start();

Stop

server.Stop();

or

server.Dispose();

Since SocketIOServer implements IDisposable interface, it will be automatically stoped when SocketIOServer.Dispose is called.

Connection

For convenient usage, it is implemented to can be used as Javascript style.

server.OnConnection((SocketIOSocket socket) =>
{
  Console.WriteLine("Client connected!");

  socket.On("input", (Data) =>
  {
    foreach (JToken Token in Data)
    {
      Console.Write(Token + " ");
    }

    Console.WriteLine();
    socket.Emit("echo", Data);
  });

  socket.On(SocketIOEvent.DISCONNECT, () =>
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Client disconnected!");
  });
});

SocketIOSocket

• SocketIOSocket is a type of parameter in SocketIOServer.OnConnection event callback. It can be used similarly as SocketIOClient.

Disconnect

socket.Close();

or

socket.Dispose();

Since SocketIOSocket implements IDisposable interface, it will be automatically disconnected when SocketIOSocket.Dispose is called.

Handlers

For convenient usage, it is implemented to can be used as Javascript style.

Event handlers

client.On(SocketIOClient.Event.DISCONNECT, () =>
{
  Console.WriteLine("Disconnected!");
});

client.On(SocketIOClient.Event.ERROR, (JToken[] Data) => // Type of argument is JToken[].
{
  if (Data != null && Data.Length > 0 && Data[0] != null)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Error : " + Data[0]);
  }
  else
  {
    Console.WrtieLine("Unkown Error");
  }
});

client.On("message", (Data) => // Argument can be used without type.
{
  if (Data != null && Data.Length > 0 && Data[0] != null)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Message : " + Data[0]);
  }
});

client.On("CustomEvent", CustomEventHandler); // Handler can be method.
client.On(9001, ItsOverNineThousands); // Type of event is JToken. So, it can be a number.

client.Off(9001, ItsOverNineThousands); // Remove 9001 event handler.

• There is no SocketIOSocket.On(SocketIOEvent.CONNECTION) event since it is already opened when SocketIOServer.OnConnection event callback is called.

ACK handlers

client.On("ACK1", (SocketIOAckEvent EventArgument) =>
{
  // Type of SocketIOAckEvent.Data is JToken[].
  // Type of SocketIOAckEvent.Callback is Action<JToken[]>.
  
  Console.Write("On event ack1 : " + EventArgument.Data);
});

client.On("ACK2", (EventArgument) => // Argument can be used without type.
{
  Console.Write("On event ack2 : " + EventArgument.Data);
});

client.On("ACK3", CustomAckHandler); // Handler can be method.
client.On(42, LifeTheUniverseAndTheEverything); // Type of event is JToken. So, it can be a number.

client.Off(42, LifeTheUniverseAndTheEverything); // Remove 42 ack handler.

Emit

client.Emit("Event without data and ack");

client.Emit("Event only with data", "Hello world");

client.Emit("Event only with ack, action as lambda", (Data) => Console.WriteLine("ACK : " + Data));
client.Emit("Event only with ack, action as method", Console.WriteLine);

client.Emit("Event with data and ack, action as lambda", 9001, (Data) => Console.WriteLine("ACK : " + Data));
client.Emit("Event with data and ack, action as method", 42, Console.WriteLine);
// Type of data is JToken. So, it can be a number.

Emit

server.Emit("Event without data and ack");

server.Emit("Event only with data", "Hello world");

server.Emit("Event only with ack, action as lambda", (Data) => Console.WriteLine("ACK : " + Data));
server.Emit("Event only with ack, action as method", Console.WriteLine);

server.Emit("Event with data and ack, action as lambda", 9001, (Data) => Console.WriteLine("ACK : " + Data));
server.Emit("Event with data and ack, action as method", 42, Console.WriteLine);
// Type of data is JToken. So, it can be a number.

Maintenance

Welcome to report issue or create pull request. I will check it happily.

Dependencies

• EngineIOSharp v1.0.5

License

SocketIOSharp is under The MIT License.