WebSockex

An Elixir Websocket Client.

A simple implemenation would be

defmodule WebSocketExample do
  use WebSockex

  def start_link(url, state) do
    WebSockex.start_link(url, __MODULE__, state)
  end

  def handle_frame({type, msg}, state) do
    IO.puts "Received Message - Type: #{inspect type} -- Message: #{inspect msg}"
    {:ok, state}
  end
end

See the examples/ directory for other examples or take a look at the documentation.

Installation

Add websockex to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:websockex, "~> 0.3.1"}]
end

With Elixir releases prior to version 1.4

Ensure websockex is started before your application:

def application do
  [applications: [:websockex]]
end