QWebSocket client example

Description

The EchoClient example implements a WebSocket client that sends a message to a WebSocket server and dumps the answer that it gets back. This example should ideally be used with the EchoServer example.

Code

We start by connecting to the `connected()` signal.

EchoClient::EchoClient(const QUrl &url, bool debug, QObject *parent) :
    QObject(parent),
    m_url(url),
    m_debug(debug)
{
    if (m_debug)
        qDebug() << "WebSocket server:" << url;
    connect(&m_webSocket, &QWebSocket::connected, this, &EchoClient::onConnected);
    connect(&m_webSocket, &QWebSocket::disconnected, this, &EchoClient::closed);
    m_webSocket.open(QUrl(url));
}

After the connection, we open the socket to the given url.

void EchoClient::onConnected()
{
    if (m_debug)
        qDebug() << "WebSocket connected";
    connect(&m_webSocket, &QWebSocket::textMessageReceived,
            this, &EchoClient::onTextMessageReceived);
    m_webSocket.sendTextMessage(QStringLiteral("Hello, world!"));
}

When the client is connected successfully, we connect to the `onTextMessageReceived()` signal, and send out "Hello, world!". If connected with the EchoServer, we will receive the same message back.

void EchoClient::onTextMessageReceived(QString message)
{
    if (m_debug)
        qDebug() << "Message received:" << message;
    m_webSocket.close();
}

Whenever a message is received, we write it out.

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