Vert.x WebSocket

Since Camel 3.5

Both producer and consumer are supported

The Vert.x WebSocket component provides WebSocket capabilities as a WebSocket server, or as a client to connect to existing an WebSocket.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-vertx-websocket</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

vertx-websocket://hostname[:port][/resourceUri][?options]

Options

The Vert.x WebSocket component supports 6 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

vertx (advanced)

To use an existing vertx instead of creating a new instance

Vertx

vertxOptions (advanced)

To provide a custom set of vertx options for configuring vertx

VertxOptions

useGlobalSslContextParameters (security)

Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.

false

boolean

The Vert.x WebSocket endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

vertx-websocket:host:port/path

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (3 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

host

The host that the consumer should bind to or the host of the remote websocket destination that the producer should connect to

0.0.0.0

String

port

The port that the consumer should bind to or port of the remote websocket destination that the producer should connect to

0

int

path

Required The path that the consumer should bind to or path of the remote websocket destination that the producer should connect to

/

String

Query Parameters (12 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

allowedOriginPattern (consumer)

Regex pattern to match the origin header sent by WebSocket clients

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

router (consumer)

To use an existing vertx router for the HTTP server

Router

serverOptions (consumer)

Sets customized options for configuring the HTTP server hosting the WebSocket for the consumer

HttpServerOptions

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut

ExchangePattern

clientOptions (producer)

Sets customized options for configuring the WebSocket client used in the producer

HttpClientOptions

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

sendToAll (producer)

To send to all websocket subscribers. Can be used to configure on endpoint level, instead of having to use the VertxWebsocketConstants.SEND_TO_ALL header on the message.

false

boolean

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

sslContextParameters (security)

To configure security using SSLContextParameters

SSLContextParameters

Message Headers

The WebSocket component uses 2 headers to indicate to either send messages back to a single/current client, or to all clients.

Name Description

VertxWebsocketConstants.SEND_TO_ALL

Sends the message to all clients which are currently connected. You can use the sendToAll option on the endpoint instead of using this header.

VertxWebsocketConstants.CONNECTION_KEY

Sends the message to the client with the given connection key. You can use a comma separated list of keys to send a message to multiple clients

Usage

The following example shows how to expose a WebSocket on http://localhost:8080/echo and returns an 'echo' response back to the same channel:

from("vertx-websocket:localhost:8080/echo")
    .transform().simple("Echo: ${body}")
    .to("vertx-websocket:localhost:8080/echo");

SSL

By default the ws:// protocol is used, but secure connections with wss:// are supported by configuring the consumer or producer via the sslContextParameters URI parameter and the Camel JSSE Configuration Utility

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using vertx-websocket with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-vertx-websocket-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 7 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.vertx-websocket.basic-property-binding

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

Boolean

camel.component.vertx-websocket.bridge-error-handler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

Boolean

camel.component.vertx-websocket.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the vertx-websocket component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.vertx-websocket.lazy-start-producer

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

Boolean

camel.component.vertx-websocket.use-global-ssl-context-parameters

Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.

false

Boolean

camel.component.vertx-websocket.vertx

To use an existing vertx instead of creating a new instance. The option is a io.vertx.core.Vertx type.

String

camel.component.vertx-websocket.vertx-options

To provide a custom set of vertx options for configuring vertx. The option is a io.vertx.core.VertxOptions type.

String
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