Yeah, I have absolutely no idea why Web Sockets aren't just an initial HTTP requ...

functional-tree · on Dec 10, 2009

From the web socket spec:

  The protocol has two parts: a handshake, and then the data transfer.

   The handshake from the client looks as follows:

        GET /demo HTTP/1.1
        Upgrade: WebSocket
        Connection: Upgrade
        Host: example.com
        Origin: http://example.com
        WebSocket-Protocol: sample

   The handshake from the server looks as follows:

        HTTP/1.1 101 Web Socket Protocol Handshake
        Upgrade: WebSocket
        Connection: Upgrade
        WebSocket-Origin: http://example.com
        WebSocket-Location: ws://example.com/demo
        WebSocket-Protocol: sample

TimothyFitz · on Dec 11, 2009

Well, that explains my disbelief. Thanks!