gorrilla_ws_client.go

// minimal example of a golang gorrilla websocket client

package main

import "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
import "net/http"
import "log"
import "os"

func main() {
	conn, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial("ws://echo.websocket.org", http.Header{})

	if err != nil {
		log.Println(err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	msg := []byte("Hello, this is an echo test")
	conn.WriteMessage(1, msg)
	_, m, err := conn.ReadMessage()
	if err == nil {
		log.Println(string(m))
	}

}