Wsta
Dev tools
websocket cli
SHOW HN2016
85points
13comments
#450of 2,264 in 2016
Top 20%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Portable as a single native binary, unlike wscat which needs Node/npm.
From 1 comment
I have been using `wscat`[1] when I was developing a WebSocket app last year. It was a nifty little tool although it would require the entire nodejs / npm stack to be able to run…
devy on HN
Objections
Audio piped in as text rather than binary messages caused UTF-8 errors.
From 1 comment
I tried a few different things and couldn't make it work. I think the problem is that the audio data is getting sent as a text websocket message rather than binary message. I got…
nfriedly on HN
Requests
A better name.
From 1 comment
But it needs a better name. I'm thinking telweb :-D.
qwertyuiop924 on HN
Questions
Can it send an initial JSON message then pipe microphone audio?
From 1 comment
Can I use this to send an initial JSON message and then pipe audio data from my mic? (I wouldn't be surprised if this is possible with standard UNIX magic... But I just don't…
nfriedly on HN
Alternatives named
wscat (Node.js)
From 1 comment
I have been using `wscat`[1] when I was developing a WebSocket app last year. It was a nifty little tool although it would require the entire nodejs / npm stack to be able to run…
devy on HN
ws-client (Golang)
From 1 comment
Shameless plug: I built something similar in Golang a while ago: https://github.com/oliver006/ws-client
oliver006 on HN