Expose Pong Control frames

README.md

@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ The writePing method is the same as write, but sends a ping control frame.
 socket.write(ping: Data()) //example on how to write a ping control frame over the socket!
 ```
 
+### write a pong frame
+
+
+the writePong method is the same as writePing, but sends a pong control frame.
+
+```swift
+socket.write(pong: Data()) //example on how to write a pong control frame over the socket!
+```
+
+Starscream will automatically respond to incoming `ping` control frames so you do not need to manually send `pong`s.
+
+However if for some reason you need to control this prosses you can turn off the automatic `ping` response by disabling `respondToPingWithPong`.
+
+```swift
+socket.respondToPingWithPong = false //Do not automaticaly respond to incoming pings with pongs.
+```
+
+In most cases you will not need to do this.
+
 ### disconnect
 
 The disconnect method does what you would expect and closes the socket.

Sources/WebSocket.swift

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public protocol WebSocketClient: class {
     func write(string: String, completion: (() -> ())?)
     func write(data: Data, completion: (() -> ())?)
     func write(ping: Data, completion: (() -> ())?)
+    func write(pong: Data, completion: (() -> ())?)
 }
 
 //implements some of the base behaviors
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ extension WebSocketClient {
     public func write(ping: Data) {
         write(ping: ping, completion: nil)
     }
+
+    public func write(pong: Data) {
+        write(pong: pong, completion: nil)
+    }
 
     public func disconnect() {
         disconnect(forceTimeout: nil, closeCode: CloseCode.normal.rawValue)
@@ -367,6 +372,8 @@ open class WebSocket : NSObject, StreamDelegate, WebSocketClient, WSStreamDelega
 
     public var currentURL: URL { return request.url! }
 
+    public var respondToPingWithPong: Bool = true
+
     // MARK: - Private
 
     private struct CompressionState {
@@ -505,6 +512,15 @@ open class WebSocket : NSObject, StreamDelegate, WebSocketClient, WSStreamDelega
         dequeueWrite(ping, code: .ping, writeCompletion: completion)
     }
 
+    /**
+     Write a pong to the websocket. This sends it as a control frame.
+     Respond to a Yodel.
+     */
+    open func write(pong: Data, completion: (() -> ())? = nil) {
+        guard isConnected else { return }
+        dequeueWrite(pong, code: .pong, writeCompletion: completion)
+    }
+
     /**
      Private method that starts the connection.
      */
@@ -1088,8 +1104,10 @@ open class WebSocket : NSObject, StreamDelegate, WebSocketClient, WSStreamDelega
     private func processResponse(_ response: WSResponse) -> Bool {
         if response.isFin && response.bytesLeft <= 0 {
             if response.code == .ping {
-                let data = response.buffer! // local copy so it is perverse for writing
-                dequeueWrite(data as Data, code: .pong)
+                if respondToPingWithPong {
+                    let data = response.buffer! // local copy so it is perverse for writing
+                    dequeueWrite(data as Data, code: .pong)
+                }
             } else if response.code == .textFrame {
                 guard let str = String(data: response.buffer! as Data, encoding: .utf8) else {
                     writeError(CloseCode.encoding.rawValue)