Creating a WebSocket Client

Let’s learn how to create a WebSocket client.

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This lesson shows how to program a WebSocket client in Go. The client reads user data that sends it to the server and reads the server response. The client directory of https://github.com/Educative-Content/ws contains the implementation of the WebSocket client—We find it more convenient to include both implementations in the same repository.

As with the WebSocket server, the gorilla/websocket package is going to help us develop the WebSocket client.

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The code of ./client/client.go is as follows:

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Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

Creating a WebSocket Client

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