This package has moved into go-libp2p as a sub-package, github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/transport/websocket.
A libp2p transport implementation using WebSockets
go-ws-transport
is an implementation of the libp2p transport
interface that streams data over
WebSockets, which are themselves layered over TCP/IP. It is
included by default in the main go-libp2p
"entry point" module.
go-ws-transport
is included as a dependency of go-libp2p
, which is the most
common libp2p entry point. If you depend on go-libp2p
, there is generally no
need to explicitly depend on this module.
go-ws-transport
is a standard Go module which can be installed with:
> go get github.com/libp2p/go-ws-transport
This repo is gomod-compatible, and users of
go 1.11 and later with modules enabled will automatically pull the latest tagged release
by referencing this package. Upgrades to future releases can be managed using go get
,
or by editing your go.mod
file as described by the gomod documentation.
WebSockets are one of the default transports enabled when constructing a standard libp2p Host, along with TCP.
Calling libp2p.New
to construct a libp2p Host will enable
the WebSocket transport, unless you override the default transports by passing in
Options
to libp2p.New
.
To explicitly enable the WebSocket transport while constructing a host, use the
libp2p.Transport
option, passing in the ws.New
constructor function:
import (
libp2p "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
ws "github.com/libp2p/go-ws-transport"
)
// WebSockets only:
h, err := libp2p.New(
libp2p.Transport(ws.New)
)
The example above will replace the default transports with a single WebSocket
transport. To add multiple tranports, use ChainOptions
:
// WebSockets and QUIC:
h, err := libp2p.New(
libp2p.ChainOptions(
libp2p.Transport(ws.New),
libp2p.Transport(quic.NewTransport)) // see https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-quic-transport
)
The WebSocket transport supports multiaddrs that contain a ws
component, which is encapsulated within (or layered onto) another valid TCP
multiaddr.
Examples:
addr | description |
---|---|
/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/ws |
IPv4: 1.2.3.4, TCP port 1234 |
/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/ws |
IPv6 loopback, TCP port 1234 |
/dns4/example.com/tcp/80/ws |
DNS over IPv4, hostname example.com , TCP port 80 |
Notice that the /ws
multiaddr component contextualizes an existing TCP/IP
multiaddr and does not require any additional addressing information.
While the WebSocket spec defines a wss
URI scheme for encrypted WebSocket
connections, support for wss
URIs relies on TLS, which wraps the WebSocket
connection in a similar manner to TLS-protected HTTP traffic.
As libp2p does not integrate with the TLS Certificate Authority infrastructure by design, security for WebSockets is provided by a transport upgrader. The transport upgrader negotiates transport security for each connection according to the protocols supported by each party.
The transport upgrader also negotiates a stream multiplexing protocol to allow many bidirectional streams to coexist on a single WebSocket connection.
Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an issue!
This repository falls under the libp2p Code of Conduct.
MIT
The last gx published version of this module was: 2.0.27: QmaSWc4ox6SZQF6DHZvDuM9sP1syNajkKuPXmKR1t5BAz5