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websocket::stream::accept (3 of 6 overloads)

Read and respond to a WebSocket HTTP Upgrade request.

Synopsis
template<
    class ConstBufferSequence>
void
accept(
    ConstBufferSequence const& buffers);
Description

This function is used to perform the WebSocket handshake, required before messages can be sent and received. During the handshake, the client sends the Websocket Upgrade HTTP request, and the server replies with an HTTP response indicating the result of the handshake.

The call blocks until one of the following conditions is true:

The algorithm, known as a composed operation, is implemented in terms of calls to the next layer's read_some and write_some functions.

If a valid upgrade request is received, an HTTP response with a status-code of beast::http::status::switching_protocols is sent to the peer, otherwise a non-successful error is associated with the operation.

If the request size exceeds the capacity of the stream's internal buffer, the error error::buffer_overflow will be indicated. To handle larger requests, an application should read the HTTP request directly using http::read and then pass the request to the appropriate overload of accept or async_accept

Parameters

Name

Description

buffers

Caller provided data that has already been received on the stream. The implementation will copy the caller provided data before the function returns.

Exceptions

Type

Thrown On

system_error

Thrown on failure.

See Also

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