Sockkeeper

A distributed client connection manager.

• Keeps track of client socket connections.
• Forwards messages from backend services to connected clients.

Design

APIs

Accept client connection

protocol: ws
uri: /connect/{principal_id}

ws://localhost:8888/connect/santanukar

Send message to client

protocol: http
uri: /send
method: POST

POST http://localhost:8888/sendMessage

Body:

    {
        "principal": {
            "id": "santanukar"
        },
        "message": "{\"text\":\"Hello, world!\"}"
    }