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websocket capability

websocket adds real-time bidirectional communication to your Go service, built on top of http-api.

What You Get

Section titled “What You Get”
  • WebSocket upgrader
  • Connection management
  • Message handling patterns

When to Use

Section titled “When to Use”

Use websocket for features that need persistent bidirectional connections: chat, live dashboards, collaborative editing, or any scenario where the server must push updates without client polling.

Requirements & Suggestions

Section titled “Requirements & Suggestions”

Requires: http-api

Add to Your Service

Section titled “Add to Your Service”
Terminal window
verikt new my-service --language go --cap http-api,websocket
# or add to an existing service:
verikt add websocket
Section titled “Related Capabilities”

http-api

The Chi router foundation required by this capability.

sse

Server-Sent Events for server-to-client streaming.

auth-jwt

JWT authentication to secure WebSocket connections.