WSClient Component

Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors

The WSClient component is used to establish a WebSocket connection to a server.

Syntax

nsoftware.IPWorksWS.Wsclient

Remarks

The WSClient component provides a simple way to establish a WebSocket connection to a server. The server must support the WebSocket protocol. After the connection is established data can be sent and received.

To begin, call the Connect method. After the connection is established you can send and receive data in a variety of ways. To send data you may set the DataToSend property or call Send, SendFile, or SendText. Data is received via the DataIn event.

The component also supports sending and receive data through the use of streams. The SetReceiveStream and SetSendStream methods may be used to specify a stream for sending or receiving.

The component supports both plain-text (ws://) and SSL (wss://) connections.

Property List

The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


AcceptData	Enables or disables data reception (the DataIn event).
Authorization	The Authorization string to be sent to the server.
AuthScheme	The authentication scheme to use when server authorization is required.
BytesSent	The number of bytes actually sent after an assignment to DataToSend .
Connected	Shows whether the component is connected.
Cookies	Collection of cookies.
DataFormat	The format of the data being sent.
DataToSend	A string of data to be sent to the remote host.
Firewall	A set of properties related to firewall access.
FollowRedirects	Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
LocalHost	The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
Origin	The Origin header field value.
OtherHeaders	Other headers as determined by the user (optional).
ParsedHeaders	Collection of headers returned from the last request.
Password	A password if authentication is to be used.
Proxy	A set of properties related to proxy access.
SSLAcceptServerCert	Instructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate.
SSLCert	The certificate to be used during SSL negotiation.
SSLServerCert	The server certificate for the last established connection.
SubProtocols	Optional subprotocols supported by the client.
Timeout	A timeout for the component.
TransferredHeaders	The full set of headers as received from the server.
User	A user name if authentication is to be used.

Method List

The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


AddCookie	Adds a cookie and the corresponding value to the outgoing request headers.
Config	Sets or retrieves a configuration setting .
Connect	Connects to the specified host.
Disconnect	Disconnects from the remote host.
DoEvents	Processes events from the internal message queue.
Interrupt	Interrupt the current method.
ResetHeaders	Resets all HTTP Headers, Cookies, LocalFile , and AttachedFile .
Send	Sends data to the remote host.
SendFile	Sends file to the remote host.
SendText	Sends text data to the server.
SetReceiveStream	Sets the stream to which received data will be written.
SetSendStream	Reads content from the stream and sends it to the server.

Event List

The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


Connected	Fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails).
ConnectionStatus	Fired to indicate changes in connection state.
DataIn	Fired when data is received.
Disconnected	Fired when a connection is closed.
Error	Information about errors during data delivery.
Header	Fired every time a header line comes in.
ReadyToSend	Fired when IPPort is ready to send data.
Redirect	Fired when a redirection is received from the server.
SetCookie	Fired for every cookie set by the server.
SSLServerAuthentication	Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
SSLStatus	Shows the progress of the secure connection.

Configuration Settings

The following is a list of configuration settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.


BufferMessage	Indicates whether or not the entire message is buffered before firing the DataIn event.
DisconnectStatusCode	Specifies the status code when closing a connection.
DisconnectStatusDescription	Specifies the message associated with the disconnect status code.
MaxFrameSize	Specifies the maximum size of the outgoing message in bytes before fragmentation occurs.
SinglePacketMode	Determines how received data is provided.
DataInText	Provides the next available chunk of data when SinglePacketMode is True.
DataInEOM	Provides the EOM for the next available chunk of data when SinglePacketMode is True.
StatusLine	The first line of the last HTTP server response.
TransferredData	The body of the last HTTP server response.
URL	The URL to which the component connected.
AcceptEncoding	Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.
AllowHTTPCompression	This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.
AllowIdenticalRedirectURL	Allow redirects to the same URL.
Append	Whether to append data to LocalFile.
Authorization	The Authorization string to be sent to the server.
BytesTransferred	Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.
EncodeURL	If set to true the URL will be encoded by the component.
FollowRedirects	Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
GetOn302Redirect	If set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location.
HTTPVersion	The version of HTTP used by the component.
IfModifiedSince	A date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
KeepAlive	Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.
MaxRedirectAttempts	Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.
OtherHeaders	Other headers as determined by the user (optional).
ProxyAuthorization	The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.
ProxyAuthScheme	The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPassword	A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPort	Port for the proxy server (default 80).
ProxyServer	Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional).
ProxyUser	A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
TransferredDataLimit	The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component.
TransferredHeaders	The full set of headers as received from the server.
UseChunkedEncoding	Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.
ChunkSize	Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.
UserAgent	Information about the user agent (browser).
KerberosSPN	The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
ConnectionTimeout	Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetect	Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHost	Name or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPassword	Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPort	The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallType	Determines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUser	A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveTime	The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
KeepAliveInterval	The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
Linger	When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTime	Time in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHost	The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPort	The TCP port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxLineLength	The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRate	The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
RecordLength	The length of received data records.
TCPKeepAlive	Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
UseIPv6	Whether to use IPv6.
TcpNoDelay	Whether or not to delay when sending packets.
ReuseSSLSession	Determines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCipherStrength	The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledProtocols	Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLProvider	The name of the security provider to use.
SSLSecurityFlags	Flags that control certificate verification.
OpenSSLCADir	The path to a directory containing CA certificates.
OpenSSLCAFile	Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.
OpenSSLCipherList	A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.
OpenSSLPrngSeedData	The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).
AbsoluteTimeout	Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallData	Used to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSize	The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSize	The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
ConnectionTimeout	Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetect	Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHost	Name or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPassword	Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPort	The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallType	Determines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUser	A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveTime	The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
KeepAliveInterval	The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
Linger	When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTime	Time in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHost	The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPort	The TCP port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxLineLength	The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRate	The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
RecordLength	The length of received data records.
TCPKeepAlive	Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
UseIPv6	Whether to use IPv6.
TcpNoDelay	Whether or not to delay when sending packets.
ReuseSSLSession	Determines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCipherStrength	The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledProtocols	Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLProvider	The name of the security provider to use.
SSLSecurityFlags	Flags that control certificate verification.
OpenSSLCADir	The path to a directory containing CA certificates.
OpenSSLCAFile	Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.
OpenSSLCipherList	A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.
OpenSSLPrngSeedData	The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).
AbsoluteTimeout	Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallData	Used to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSize	The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSize	The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
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