api-websocket

Overview

api-websocket executes deterministic WebSocket request files, writes optional call history, and generates Markdown reports. It follows the same CLI conventions as api-rest, api-gql, and api-grpc.

Transport decision

• Selected backend: native Rust transport via tungstenite in api-testing-core::websocket::runner.
• Rejected backend: external adapter (websocat-style shell-out) for MVP.
• Revisit when:
  • streaming/session orchestration needs async multiplexing beyond scripted send/receive steps;
  • platform/runtime behavior diverges in CI and a swap behind the transport boundary is justified.

Runtime dependency policy

• Runtime dependency policy: no extra external binary is required for WebSocket execution.
• api-websocket uses the embedded Rust transport path only.

Setup and naming conventions

Canonical setup directory: setup/websocket.

Endpoint variables

• WS_URL_<PROFILE> in setup/websocket/endpoints.env (optional local override: endpoints.local.env).
• WS_ENV_DEFAULT can set a default endpoint profile.
• WS_URL can force an explicit URL.

Token variables

• WS_TOKEN_<PROFILE> in setup/websocket/tokens.env (optional local override: tokens.local.env).
• WS_TOKEN_NAME chooses a token profile.
• If no profile is selected, fallback envs are ACCESS_TOKEN then SERVICE_TOKEN.

URL/token precedence

URL precedence (call):

1. --url
2. --env (profile lookup via WS_URL_<PROFILE>, or literal ws:///wss://)
3. WS_URL
4. WS_ENV_DEFAULT profile
5. default ws://127.0.0.1:9001/ws

Token precedence (call):

1. --token
2. WS_TOKEN_NAME
3. profile lookup via WS_TOKEN_<PROFILE>
4. env fallback ACCESS_TOKEN then SERVICE_TOKEN

History

• Default history file: <setup_dir>/.ws_history
• Override: WS_HISTORY_FILE
• Controls: WS_HISTORY_ENABLED, WS_HISTORY_MAX_MB, WS_HISTORY_ROTATE_COUNT, WS_HISTORY_LOG_URL_ENABLED

Request schema (v1)

See docs/specs/websocket-request-schema-v1.md.

Quick example:

{
  "url": "ws://127.0.0.1:9001/ws",
  "steps": [
    {"type": "send", "text": "ping"},
    {"type": "receive", "expect": {"jq": ".ok == true"}},
    {"type": "close"}
  ],
  "expect": {"textContains": "ok"}
}

Commands

• call (default): execute request and print the last received message.
• history: print last entry or tail entries.
• report: generate Markdown report from --run or --response.
• report-from-cmd: reconstruct report args from a saved call snippet.

JSON contract (--format json)

Supported for call and history.

Success envelope:

{
  "schema_version": "cli.api-websocket.call.v1",
  "command": "api-websocket call",
  "ok": true,
  "result": {}
}

Failure envelope:

{
  "schema_version": "cli.api-websocket.call.v1",
  "command": "api-websocket call",
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "stable-machine-code",
    "message": "human-readable summary"
  }
}

Full CLI/JSON contract: docs/specs/websocket-cli-contract-v1.md

Quickstart

api-websocket call --env local setup/websocket/requests/health.ws.json
api-websocket call --format json --url ws://127.0.0.1:9001/ws setup/websocket/requests/health.ws.json
api-websocket history --tail 5
api-websocket report --case ws-health --request setup/websocket/requests/health.ws.json --run
api-websocket history --command-only | api-websocket report-from-cmd --stdin --dry-run

Docs

• Docs index
• Request schema v1
• CLI contract v1