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Programming language: Swift
License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Tags: WebSocket    
Latest version: v16.0.0

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Socket.IO-Client-Swift

Socket.IO-client for iOS/OS X.

Example

import SocketIO

let manager = SocketManager(socketURL: URL(string: "http://localhost:8080")!, config: [.log(true), .compress])
let socket = manager.defaultSocket

socket.on(clientEvent: .connect) {data, ack in
    print("socket connected")
}

socket.on("currentAmount") {data, ack in
    guard let cur = data[0] as? Double else { return }

    socket.emitWithAck("canUpdate", cur).timingOut(after: 0) {data in
        if data.first as? String ?? "passed" == SocketAckValue.noAck {
            // Handle ack timeout 
        }

        socket.emit("update", ["amount": cur + 2.50])
    }

    ack.with("Got your currentAmount", "dude")
}

socket.connect()

Features

  • Supports Socket.IO server 2.0+/3.0+/4.0+ (see the compatibility table)
  • Supports Binary
  • Supports Polling and WebSockets
  • Supports TLS/SSL

FAQS

Checkout the FAQs for commonly asked questions.

Checkout the 12to13 guide for migrating to v13+ from v12 below.

Checkout the 15to16 guide for migrating to v16+ from v15.

Installation

Requires Swift 4/5 and Xcode 10.x

Swift Package Manager

Add the project as a dependency to your Package.swift:

// swift-tools-version:4.2

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "socket.io-test",
    products: [
        .executable(name: "socket.io-test", targets: ["YourTargetName"])
    ],
    dependencies: [
        .package(url: "https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift", .upToNextMinor(from: "15.0.0"))
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(name: "YourTargetName", dependencies: ["SocketIO"], path: "./Path/To/Your/Sources")
    ]
)

Then import import SocketIO.

Carthage

Add this line to your Cartfile:

github "socketio/socket.io-client-swift" ~> 15.2.0

Run carthage update --platform ios,macosx.

Add the Starscream and SocketIO frameworks to your projects and follow the usual Carthage process.

CocoaPods 1.0.0 or later

Create Podfile and add pod 'Socket.IO-Client-Swift':

use_frameworks!

target 'YourApp' do
    pod 'Socket.IO-Client-Swift', '~> 15.2.0'
end

Install pods:

$ pod install

Import the module:

Swift:

import SocketIO

Objective-C:

@import SocketIO;

Docs

Detailed Example

A more detailed example can be found here

An example using the Swift Package Manager can be found here

License

MIT


*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the socket.io-client-swift README section above are relevant to that project's source code only.