Your own WebSocket servers and clients

A WebSocket is a live, two-way connection between two programs. Cuebot can run WebSocket servers of your own, and connect to other programs' WebSocket servers, so your actions can talk to tools you build yourself. This is for people who build their own tools. Most streamers can skip it.

Both live on Apps > Servers, and each one has its own start or connect button.

Your own server

Other programs connect to it, and your actions answer.

1. On the Custom WebSocket servers card, click + Server.
2. Give it a Name and a Port. Actions use the name to pick the server.
3. Tick Start with Cuebot to start it by itself, or click Start / stop to start it now.

The triggers WebSocket › Custom server: message (and connection opened / closed) run when a program talks to it. The step Custom server: send message answers.

Connecting to someone else's server

Cuebot connects to another program's WebSocket server, and your actions hear what it sends.

1. On the WebSocket clients card, click + Client.
2. Type its address, like ws://127.0.0.1:9000/. It starts with ws:// or wss://.
3. Click Connect / disconnect. Tick Connect with Cuebot to connect by itself next time, and Reconnect to keep trying when the connection drops.

The trigger WebSocket › Client: message runs when that server sends something. The step Client: send message sends to it.

See the WebSocket triggers and WebSocket sub-actions.