Communication between client side javascript and C++ socket server

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I would like to communicate between my browser on the client PC and a C++ socket server running on an another PC. I researched online pretty much enough. I came across socket.io, HTML5 Websockets.

Though I am not sure about socket.io, websockets require a server that supports websockets. The pure old C++ socket server does not. Changing the server side is not an option. Is there anything else I can do with websockets?

Using socket.io, can I achieve the goal without installing an interpreter like nodejs on the server side? Any additional introduction of Javascript/Jquery library on the client side is affordable.

Or is there any other approach I can use?

Thank you.

You can write your own websocket handler on top of sockets, or, use a lib (I am almost sure, someone has already written one). — tkausl
– tkausl, Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 5:23
Please check this : stackoverflow.com/questions/39841942/… — MGR
– MGR, Commented Feb 28, 2017 at 8:33

buld0zzr · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-24 06:29:16Z

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C++ sockets and websockets are quite different things, having "socket" in their names doesn't mean they operate the same. Websockets protocol is RFC6455. There're several C++ libraries for implementing websocket support, if you can't use any type of web server.

answered Jun 24, 2016 at 6:29

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