Websocket Primer - Beginner

[aifrog]

The API works for me using GET/POST.

I now switched to json-rpc and try to open a Websocket using a tool:

However, I get an Error. Anybody has a hint? How can I test the Websocket from a linux shell?

Best, Hans-Christian

[bbernhard]

What's the actual error?

[aifrog]

Sorry, war my error. Replacing http with ws did the trick. Thx.

[aifrog]

I am now able to successfully receive and process the JSON object of a signal message via web socket. Great!

I am also able to send some plain text through the web socket. But nothing happens in Signal - probably this has to be a specific json format as well. How should I build this JSON object to make it work?

Thx, H-C

[bbernhard]

see https://bbernhard.github.io/signal-cli-rest-api/ for the swagger documentation

and https://github.com/bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api/blob/master/doc/EXAMPLES.md for concrete examples.

[aifrog]

I saw that and I am able to send via Curl (not web socket). The string

{"message":"This is another test message","number":"+49XXXXXXXX","recipients":["group.NXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"]}`

works well via curl. Can I send this right through the web socket as well?

[bbernhard]

Only the receive endpoint is implemented via websockets. Sending a message is always done via a HTTP POST.

[aifrog]

Thx.