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Bug 23187 - Can I use a WebSocket API setup a socket between Web App and Native daemon, and how?
Summary: Can I use a WebSocket API setup a socket between Web App and Native daemon, a...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-09-09 09:19 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-09-09 22:18 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2013-09-09 09:19:06 UTC 
Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-websockets-20120920/
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top
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Can I use a WebSocket API setup a socket between Web App and Native daemon,
and how?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-09-09 22:18:49 UTC 
Sure. Just have the native daemon implement the server side of the protocol, then connect locally.