Python3-websockify Command

Python3-websockify Command

python3-websockify

WebSockets support for any application/server – Python 3

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Install python3-websockify

  • Debian apt-get install python3-websockify Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install python3-websockify Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install python3-websockify Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install python3-websockify Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install python3-websockify Click to copy

python3-websockify

WebSockets support for any application/server - Python 3

websockify was formerly named wsproxy and was part of the noVNC project. At the most basic level, websockify just translates WebSockets traffic to normal socket traffic. Websockify accepts the WebSockets handshake, parses it, and then begins forwarding traffic between the client and the target in both directions. Websockify supports all versions of the WebSockets protocol (Hixie and HyBi). The older Hixie versions of the protocol only support UTF-8 text payloads. In order to transport binary data over UTF-8 an encoding must used to encapsulate the data within UTF-8. With Hixie clients, Websockify uses base64 to encode all traffic to and from the client. This does not affect the data between websockify and the server. With HyBi clients, websockify negotiates whether to base64 encode traffic to and from the client via the subprotocol header (Sec-WebSocket-Protocol). The valid subprotocol values are 'binary' and 'base64' and if the client sends both then the server (the Python implementation) will prefer 'binary'. The 'binary' subprotocol indicates that the data will be sent raw using binary WebSocket frames. Some HyBi clients (such as the Flash fallback and older Chrome and iOS versions) do not support binary data which is why the negotiation is necessary. This package provides the Python 3 module.

Install the latest version of python3-websockify in Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora and Raspbian from terminal. To install the python3-websockify just copy the above command for your OS and run into terminal. After you run the command it will grab the latest version of python3-websockify from the respository and install it in your computer/server.