WebSocket Module
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This XQuery Module contains functions for accessing specific WebSocket functions. This module is mainly useful in the context of WebSockets.
Conventions
- The module will be available if the
basex-api
library is found in the classpath. This is the case if you use one of the complete distributions of BaseX (zip, exe, war). - All functions and errors are assigned to the
http://basex.org/modules/ws
namespace, which is statically bound to thews
prefix. Prior to Version 9.2, the module needed to be imported in the query prolog:
import module namespace ws = "http://basex.org/modules/ws"; ...
- As sessions are side-effecting operations, all functions are flagged as non-deterministic. As a result, some query optimizations will be suppressed.
General Functions
ws:id
Signatures | ws:id() as xs:string
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Summary | Returns the ID of the current WebSocket. |
Errors | not-found : No WebSocket with the specified id exists.
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ws:ids
Signatures | ws:ids() as xs:string*
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Summary | Returns the ids of all currently registered WebSocket. |
ws:path
Signatures | ws:path($id as xs:string) as xs:string
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Summary | Returns the path of the WebSocket with the specified $id .
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Errors | not-found : No WebSocket with the specified id exists.
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ws:close
Signatures | ws:close($id as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
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Summary | Closes the connection of the WebSocket with the specified $id .
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Errors | not-found : No WebSocket with the specified id exists.
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Sending Data
ws:send
Signatures | ws:send($message as item(), $ids as xs:string*) as empty-sequence()
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Summary | Sends a $message to the clients with the specified $ids . Ids that cannot be assigned to clients will be ignored. The message will be handled as follows:
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ws:broadcast
Signatures | ws:broadcast($message as xs:anyAtomicType) as empty-sequence()
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Summary | Broadcasts a $message to all connected clients except to the caller. Invocations of this convenience function are equivalent to ws:send($message, ws:ids()[. != ws:id()]) . See ws:send for more details on the message handling.
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ws:emit
Signatures | ws:emit($message as xs:anyAtomicType) as empty-sequence()
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Summary | Emits a $message to all connected clients. Invocations of this function are equivalent to ws:send($message, ws:ids()) . See ws:send for more details on the message handling.
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ws:eval
Signatures | ws:eval($query as xs:anyAtomicItem) as xs:string ws:eval($query as xs:anyAtomicItem, $bindings as map(*)?) as xs:string ws:eval($query as xs:anyAtomicItem, $bindings as map(*)?, $options as map(*)?) as xs:string |
Summary | Schedules the evaluation of the supplied $query and returns the result to the calling WebSocket client. The query can be a URI or a string, and variables and context items can be declared via $bindings (see xquery:eval for more details). The following $options can be supplied:
Query scheduling is recommendable if the immediate query execution might be too time consuming and lead to a timeout. |
Errors | overflow : Query execution is rejected, because too many jobs are queued or being executed. id : The specified id is invalid or has already been assigned.
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Examples |
declare %ws:message('/tasks', '{$message}') function local:message($message) { ws:eval('prof:sleep(10000), "Your message has been processed."') }; |
WebSocket Attributes
ws:get
Signatures | ws:get($id as xs:string, $name as xs:string) as item()* ws:get($id as xs:string, $name as xs:string, $default as item()*) as item()*
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Summary | Returns the value of an attribute with the specified $name from the WebSocket with the specified $id . If the attribute is unknown, an empty sequence or the optionally specified $default value will be returned instead.
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Errors | not-found : No WebSocket with the specified id exists.
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ws:set
Signatures | ws:set($id as xs:string, $name as xs:string, $value as item()*) as empty-sequence()
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Summary | Returns the specified value of the attribute with the specified $name from the WebSocket with the specified $id .
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Errors | not-found : No WebSocket with the specified id exists.set : The supplied value cannot be materialized.
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ws:delete
Signatures | ws:delete($id as xs:string, $name as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
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Summary | Deletes an attribute with the specified $name from the WebSocket with the specified $id .
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Errors | not-found : No WebSocket with the specified id exists.
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Examples
Example 1
import module namespace ws = "http://basex.org/modules/ws"; declare %ws:connect('/') function local:connect() as empty-sequence() { let $id := ws:id() let $message := json:serialize(map { 'type': 'Connect', 'id': $id }) return ws:broadcast($message) };
Explanation:
- The function has a
%ws:connect
annotation. It gets called if a client successfully creates a WebSocket connection to the path/
(check out WebSockets for further information). - A JSON response is generated, which contains the new client id and a
Connect
string. - This response will be sent to all other connected clients.
Example 2
import module namespace ws = "http://basex.org/modules/ws"; declare %ws:message('/', '{$message}') function local:message( $message as xs:string ) as empty-sequence() { let $message := json:serialize(map { 'message': $message }) return ws:emit($message) };
Explanation:
- The function has a
%ws:message
annotation. It gets called if a client sends a new message. - A JSON response is generated, which contains the message string.
- This response will be sent to all connected clients (including the calling client).
Errors
Code | Description |
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set
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The supplied value cannot be materialized. |
not-found
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No WebSocket with the specified id exists. |