From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-08-20T17:56:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Socket not sending correctly?

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Chananya F. <spectralcanine@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am implementing the WebSocket specification since it doesn't appears
> that there are ANY server-side implementations that are not completely
> outdated (draft 76 which _expired_ 1 year ago...).
>
> I managed to get the handshake, and I can receive messages from my
> JavaScript client code, but I just can't get my Ruby code to send
> messages correctly.
>
> It shouldn't be hard at all, just have to follow the protocol here
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-10#section-4.2
> , except no matter what I try it doesn't work.
>
> I even tried the simple example they give - sending "Hello" with the
> following hexadecimal numbers - 0x81, 0x5, 0x48, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6F.
> I do this by simply sending them in a string
>
> @socket.write("\x81\x05\x48\x65\x6C\x6C\x6F")
>
> Yet that doesn't work either, and if that doesn't work, I can't find any
> reason beside Ruby failing to send the bits correctly.
>
> The code MUST send 0x81 and 0x05 correctly, meaning:
> 10000001 00000101
>
> Anyone has any ideas?

Try socket.sync = true or even better use #flush.

Kind regards

robert

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