Qt Documentation

Qt 5.14
Qt WebSockets
QML Types
WebSocket QML Type

WebSocket QML Type

Import Statement:	import QtWebSockets 1.14
Since:	Qt 5.3

List of all members, including inherited members

Properties

active : bool
errorString : QString
status : Status
url : QUrl

Signals

binaryMessageReceived(message)
statusChanged(status)
textMessageReceived(message)

Methods

void sendBinaryMessage(message)
void sendTextMessage(message)

Detailed Description

WebSockets is a web technology providing full-duplex communications channels over a single TCP connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the IETF as RFC 6455 in 2011.

Property Documentation

active : bool

When set to true, a connection is made to the server with the given url. When set to false, the connection is closed. The default value is false.

errorString : QString

Contains a description of the last error that occurred. When no error occurrred, this string is empty.

status : Status

Status of the WebSocket.

The status can have the following values:

WebSocket.Connecting
WebSocket.Open
WebSocket.Closing
WebSocket.Closed
WebSocket.Error

url : QUrl

Server url to connect to. The url must have one of 2 schemes: ws:// or wss://. When not supplied, then ws:// is used.

Signal Documentation

binaryMessageReceived(message)

This signal is emitted when a binary message is received. message contains the bytes received.

This signal was introduced in Qt 5.8.

statusChanged(status)

This signal is emitted when the status of the WebSocket changes. The status argument provides the current status.

See also WebSocket::status.

textMessageReceived(message)

This signal is emitted when a text message is received. message contains the bytes received.

Method Documentation

void sendBinaryMessage(message)

Sends the parameter message to the server.

This method was introduced in Qt 5.8.

void sendTextMessage(message)

Sends message to the server.

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