https://rogerwelin.github.io/categories/golang-websockets-gorilla/Recent content in Golang Websockets Gorilla on Roger WelinHugo -- 0.155.0en-usTue, 13 Mar 2018 19:43:43 +0000https://rogerwelin.github.io/2018/03/13/using-websockets-in-golang-with-gorilla-websocket/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:43:43 +0000https://rogerwelin.github.io/2018/03/13/using-websockets-in-golang-with-gorilla-websocket/<p>This will be a tutorial in how to implement websockets in Go using the excellent gorilla/websocket package. We will build a backend server in Go that accept json from the user and pushes that data on the websocket channel; the frontend will be a simple html file with inline javascript (for simplicity sake) that connects to the go backend and listens on data and updates the html in realtime.</p> <!-- more --> <h2 id="brief-description-of-the-websocket-protocol">Brief Description of the Websocket Protocol</h2> <p>The quick explanation on wikipedia on websocket goes like this:</p>