# Defold websocket extension

## Installation
To use this library in your Defold project, add the following URL to your `game.project` dependencies:

https://github.com/defold/extension-websocket/archive/master.zip

We recommend using a link to a zip file of a [specific release](https://github.com/defold/extension-websocket/releases).

## API reference

https://defold.com/extension-websocket/api/

## Debugging

In order to make it easier to debug this extension, we provide a `game.project` setting `websocket.debug`.

Set it to:

* `0` to disable debugging (i.e. no debug output).
* `1` to display state changes.
* `2` to display the messages sent and received.

## External resources

To verify that your websocket server works, you can test it with some tools.

* [websocat](https://github.com/vi/websocat)

Or, you can test your server on this web page:

* https://www.websocket.org/echo.html