Autobahn WebSockets

Features

Autobahn WebSockets for Python provides an implementation of the WebSockets protocol which can be used to build WebSockets clients and servers.

• supports RFC 6455 and Hybi-10+ protocol versions
• supports RPC/PubSub over WebSockets (WAMP - see below)
• usable for clients and servers
• easy to use basic API
• advanced API for frame-based/streaming processing
• very good standards conformance (see below)
• fully asynchronous Twisted-based implementation
• supports secure WebSockets (TLS)
• Open-source (Apache 2 license)

Browser Support

Native support:

• Google Chrome 14+
• Mozilla Firefox 7+
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
• Safari/WebKit Nightly (as of March 2012)

Support via Adobe Flash 10+:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9
• Google Chrome 4 - 13
• Mozilla Firefox 3 - 6
• Safari 5+

Support via Google Chrome Frame:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 9

RPC/PubSub over WebSocket (WAMP)

Autobahn WebSockets also provides an implementation of the

WebSocket Application Messaging Protocol (WAMP) http://autobahn.ws/wamp

which can be used to build applications around Remote Procedure Call and Publish & Subscribe messaging patterns.

• provides RPC and PubSub messaging
• built on JSON and WebSockets
• simple and open protocol
• usable for clients and servers
• companion client libraries for jQuery and Android

Where to go

For more information, please visit: http://autobahn.ws/developers

Contact

Get in touch on IRC #autobahn on chat.freenode.net or join the mailing list on http://groups.google.com/group/autobahnws.