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Published: Apr 30, 2026 License: Apache-2.0 Imports: 6 Imported by: 0

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WebSocket adapter

WebSocket adapter provides an WebSocket API for sending and receiving messages through the platform.

Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their default values.

Variable Description Default
MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT Service WS port 8190
MF_BROKER_URL Message broker instance URL nats://localhost:4222
MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL Log level for the WS Adapter error
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on false
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS Path to trusted CAs in PEM format
MF_JAEGER_URL Jaeger server URL for distributed tracing. Leave empty to disable tracing.
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL Things service Auth gRPC URL localhost:8183
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds 1s

Deployment

The service is distributed as Docker container. Check the ws-adapter service section in docker-compose to see how the service is deployed.

Running this service outside of container requires working instance of the message broker service. To start the service outside of the container, execute the following shell script:

# Download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/MainfluxLabs/mainflux

cd mainflux

# compile the ws
make ws

# Copy binary to bin
make install

# set the environment variables and run the service
MF_Broker_URL=[Message broker instance URL] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT=[Service WS port] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL=[WS adapter log level] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS=[Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS=[Path to trusted CAs in PEM format] \
MF_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL=[Things service Auth gRPC URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT=[Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds] \
$GOBIN/mainfluxlabs-ws

Usage

Authentication is provided via the Authorization header or query parameters for browser clients that cannot set headers:

  • Thing key: Authorization: Thing <thing_key> or ?key=<key>&keyType=<type>
  • User bearer token: Authorization: Bearer <user_token> or ?token=<user_token>
Publishing messages

Connect to /messages or /messages/<subtopic> using a thing key:

ws://localhost:8190/messages?key=<thing_key>&keyType=<key_type>
ws://localhost:8190/messages/sensors/temperature?key=<thing_key>&keyType=<key_type>

Once connected, each message sent over the socket is published to the platform.

Sending commands

Connect to /things/<thing_id>/commands or /groups/<group_id>/commands using a thing key or user bearer token:

ws://localhost:8190/things/<thing_id>/commands?key=<thing_key>&keyType=<key_type>
ws://localhost:8190/groups/<group_id>/commands?token=<user_token>

Both endpoints support an optional subtopic:

ws://localhost:8190/things/<thing_id>/commands/firmware
ws://localhost:8190/groups/<group_id>/commands/config/network

Once connected, each message sent over the socket is published as a command to the target thing or group.

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Types

type Client

type Client struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Client handles messaging and websocket connection

func NewClient

func NewClient(c *websocket.Conn) *Client

NewClient returns a new Client object

func (*Client) Cancel

func (c *Client) Cancel() error

Cancel handles the websocket connection after unsubscribing

func (*Client) Handle

func (c *Client) Handle(_ string, msg protomfx.Message) error

Handle handles the sending and receiving of messages via the broker

type Service

type Service interface {
	// Publish Message
	Publish(ctx context.Context, key domain.ThingKey, msg protomfx.Message) error

	// Subscribe  subscribes to a profile with specified id.
	Subscribe(ctx context.Context, key domain.ThingKey, subtopic string, client *Client) error

	// Unsubscribe method is used to stop observing resource.
	Unsubscribe(ctx context.Context, key domain.ThingKey, subtopic string) error

	// SendCommandToThing publishes a command to the specified thing, authorized by user token.
	SendCommandToThing(ctx context.Context, token, thingID string, msg protomfx.Message) error

	// SendCommandToThingByKey publishes a command to the specified thing, authorized by publisher thing key (M2M).
	SendCommandToThingByKey(ctx context.Context, key domain.ThingKey, thingID string, msg protomfx.Message) error

	// SendCommandToGroup publishes a command to things that belong to a specified group, authorized by user token.
	SendCommandToGroup(ctx context.Context, token, groupID string, msg protomfx.Message) error

	// SendCommandToGroupByKey publishes a command to a group, authorized by publisher thing key (M2M).
	SendCommandToGroupByKey(ctx context.Context, key domain.ThingKey, groupID string, msg protomfx.Message) error
}

Service specifies web socket service API.

func New

func New(things domain.ThingsClient, pubsub messaging.PubSub) Service

New instantiates the WS adapter implementation

Directories

Path Synopsis
Package api contains API-related concerns: endpoint definitions, middlewares and all resource representations.
Package api contains API-related concerns: endpoint definitions, middlewares and all resource representations.

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