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rfr# xSocket for Python

WebSocket client and server for Python (asyncio). Same protocol as xSocket for Node.js and the browser: a Python server works with JS clients, a Python client works with a Node.js server.

  • Request-response with TTL (sendReady), clock synchronization with the server
  • Automatic reconnect and session recovery within socketObjectTimeout
  • Auth hook on the server (use('auth'))
  • ws:// or wss:// depending on certificate, optional perMessageDeflate compression
  • Binary messages: bytes, bytearray or memoryview as data, received as bytes
  • Python 3.9+, depends on websockets
pip install xsocket

The API mirrors the JS version. Methods that return a Promise in JS (send, sendReady, response) return an awaitable task here: the message is sent even without await. Event handlers can be regular functions or coroutines and receive the same arguments as in JS. Client and Server must be created inside a running event loop.

Server:

import asyncio
import xsocket

async def main():
    xServer = xsocket.Server({
        'port' : 8752, # (Not necessary) Port listen (Default: 443 with certificate, 80 without)
        'socketObjectTimeout' : 30000, # (Not necessary) Allows the user to reconnect within 30 seconds (Default: 0)
        'perMessageDeflate' : True, # (Not necessary) Compress messages (Default: False)
        'https' : { # (Not necessary) Without certificate server uses ws:// instead of wss://
            'cert' : '<path>/cert.pem',
            'key' : '<path>/private.key'
        }
    })

    # (Not necessary) Auth, by default all connections are allowed. Can be async
    def auth(xSocketObject, success, failed):
        if xSocketObject.getQueryVal('name'):
            return success()
        failed('Access denied')

    xServer.use('auth', auth)

    def onConnect(xSocketObject):
        print('Connect event:', xSocketObject.getID(), xSocketObject.getIP(), xSocketObject.getOrigin(), xSocketObject.getQuery(), xSocketObject.getReqHeaders())

        async def onData(xSocketData):
            print('Data event', xSocketData.getID(), xSocketData.getType(), xSocketData.getData())
            await asyncio.sleep(1)
            try:
                await xSocketData.response({'welcome' : 'Hello ' + xSocketObject.getQueryVal('name')})
                # OR
                # await xSocketData.response({}, 'Permision denied')
            except xsocket.XSocketError as e:
                print('Response send failed', xSocketData.getID(), e)

        xSocketObject.on('data', onData)
        xSocketObject.on('disconnect', lambda xSocketObject, msg: print('Disconnect event:', xSocketObject.getID(), msg))
        xSocketObject.on('reconnect', lambda xSocketObject: print('Reconnect event:', xSocketObject.getID()))
        xSocketObject.on('destroy', lambda xSocketObject, msg: print('Destroy event:', xSocketObject.getID(), msg))

    xServer.on('connect', onConnect)
    xServer.on('listen', lambda: print('Listen event', xServer.getPort()))

    await xServer.listen()
    await asyncio.Future()

asyncio.run(main())

Client:

import asyncio
import xsocket

async def main():
    xClient = xsocket.Client(['wss://server_domain.com:8752'], {'name' : 'Bob'}) # ws:// if server without certificate
    # Self-signed certificate: xsocket.Client(url, query, {'ssl' : ssl.SSLContext})

    xClient.on('reconnect', lambda xSocketObject: print('reconnect event', xSocketObject.getID()))
    xClient.on('disconnect', lambda xSocketObject, msg: print('disconnect', xSocketObject.getID(), msg))
    xClient.on('destroy', lambda xSocketObject, msg: print('destroy', xSocketObject.getID(), msg))

    # Messages from server
    xClient.on('data', lambda xSocketData: xSocketData.response({'ok' : True}))

    xSocketObject = await xClient.getSocketObjectReady()
    print('connect event:', xSocketObject.getID())

    try:
        xSocketData = await xClient.sendReady(
            'helloServer', # Name message
            {'message' : 'Hello server'}, # Data message
            2000 # TTL ready response (Default: 3s)
        )
        print('Server responsed #' + xSocketData.getID(), xSocketData.getType(), xSocketData.getResData())
    except xsocket.XSocketError as e:
        print('Server responsed error', e)

    # Binary message, response can be binary too
    # xSocketData = await xClient.sendReady('file', b'\x01\x02\x03')

    # Without waiting for response
    # await xClient.send('log', {'message' : 'Hello'}, 0)

    # Close connection and destroy session on server
    await xClient.close()

asyncio.run(main())

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