# Tungstenite
Lightweight stream-based WebSocket implementation for [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/).
```rust
use std::net::TcpListener;
use std::thread::spawn;
use tungstenite::server::accept;
/// A WebSocket echo server
let server = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:9001").unwrap();
for stream in server.incoming() {
spawn (move || {
let mut websocket = accept(stream.unwrap()).unwrap();
loop {
let msg = websocket.read_message().unwrap();
// We do not want to send back ping/pong messages.
if msg.is_binary() || msg.is_text() {
websocket.write_message(msg).unwrap();
}
}
});
}
```
Take a look at the examples section to see how to write a simple client/server.
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[Documentation](https://docs.rs/tungstenite)
Introduction
------------
This library provides an implementation of WebSockets,
[RFC6455](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455). It allows for both synchronous (like TcpStream)
and asynchronous usage and is easy to integrate into any third-party event loops including
[MIO](https://github.com/tokio-rs/mio). The API design abstracts away all the internals of the
WebSocket protocol but still makes them accessible for those who wants full control over the
network.
This library is a work in progress. Feel free to ask questions and send us pull requests.
Why Tungstenite?
----------------
It's formerly WS2, the 2nd implementation of WS. WS2 is the chemical formula of
tungsten disulfide, the tungstenite mineral.
Features
--------
Tungstenite provides a complete implementation of the WebSocket specification.
TLS is supported on all platforms using native-tls.
There is no support for permessage-deflate at the moment. It's planned.
Testing
-------
Tungstenite is thoroughly tested and passes the [Autobahn Test Suite](https://crossbar.io/autobahn/) for
WebSockets. It is also covered by internal unit tests as good as possible.
Contributing
------------
Please report bugs and make feature requests [here](https://github.com/snapview/tungstenite-rs/issues).