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kong.websocket.upstream

Upstream WebSocket PDK functions.

Warning: The WebSocket PDK is under active development and is considered unstable at this time. Backwards-incompatible changes may be made to these functions.

kong.websocket.upstream.get_frame()

Retrieve the current frame.

This returns the payload, type, and status code (for close frames) of the in-flight frame/message.

This function is useful in contexts like the pre-function or post-function plugins where execution is sandboxed, and the caller has no access to these variables in the plugin handler scope.

Phases

  • ws_upstream_frame

Returns

  • string: The frame payload.

  • string: The frame type (one of “text”, “binary”, “ping”, “pong”, or “close”)

  • number: The frame status code (only returned for close frames)

Usage

local data, typ, status = kong.websocket.upstream.get_frame()

kong.websocket.upstream.set_frame_data(data)

Set the current frame’s payload.

This allows the caller to overwrite the contents of the in-flight WebSocket frame before it is forwarded to the client.

Plugin handlers that execute after this has been called will see the updated version of the frame.

Phases

  • ws_upstream_frame

Parameters

  • data (string): The desired frame payload

Usage

kong.websocket.upstream.set_frame_data("updated!")

kong.websocket.upstream.set_status(status)

Set the status code for a close frame.

This allows the caller to overwrite the status code of close frame before it is forwarded to the client.

See the WebSocket RFC for a list of valid status codes.

Plugin handlers that execute after this has been called will see the updated version of the status code.

Calling this function when the in-flight frame is not a close frame will result in an exception.

Parameters

  • status (number): The desired status code

Usage

-- overwrite the payload and status before forwarding
local data, typ, status = kong.websocket.upstream.get_frame()
if typ == "close" then
  kong.websocket.upstream.set_frame_data("goodbye!")
  kong.websocket.upstream.set_status(1000)
end

kong.websocket.upstream.drop_frame()

Drop the current frame.

This causes the in-flight frame to be dropped, meaning it will not be forwarded to the client.

Plugin handlers that are set to execute after this one will be skipped.

Close frames cannot be dropped. Calling this function for a close frame will result in an exception.

Usage

kong.websocket.upstream.drop_frame()

kong.websocket.upstream.close([status[, message[, client_status[, client_payload]]]])

Close the WebSocket connection.

Calling this function immediately sends a close frame to the client and the upstream before terminating the connection.

The in-flight frame will not be forwarded to the client, and plugin handlers that are set to execute after the current one will not be executed.

Parameters

  • status (number, optional): Status code of the upstream close frame
  • message (string, optional): Payload of the upstream close frame
  • client_status (number, optional): Status code of the client close frame
  • client_payload (string, optional): Payload of the client close frame

Usage

kong.websocket.upstream.close(1009, "Invalid message",
                              1001, "Upstream is going away")

kong.set_max_payload_size

Set the maximum allowed payload size for upstream frames.

This limit is applied to all data frame types:

  • text
  • binary
  • continuation

The limit is also assessed during aggregation of frames. For example, if the limit is 1024, and a upstream sends 3 continuation frames of size 500 each, the third frame will exceed the limit.

If a upstream sends a message that exceeds the limit, a close frame with status code 1009 is sent to the upstream, and the connection is closed.

This limit does not apply to control frames (close/ping/pong).

  • size (integer): The limit (0 resets to the default limit)

Usage

-- set a max payload size of 1KB
kong.websocket.upstream.set_max_payload_size(1024)
-- Restore the default limit
kong.websocket.upstream.set_max_payload_size(0)
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