ws/wss scheme resolution?

[mjambon]

I'm using the following code because the wss scheme doesn't seem to be supported by ocaml-conduit. I found the code for the Resolver_lwt.resolve_uri line in the tests subdirectory so I've been assuming it's proper usage.

let uri = Uri.of_string "wss://echo.websocket.org" in
Resolver_lwt.resolve_uri ~uri Resolver_lwt_unix.system

The result is a Conduit.endp of value ``Unknown "unknown scheme"` on my machine. Later, when I do this and it fails:

Conduit_lwt_unix.endp_to_client
  ~ctx:Conduit_lwt_unix.default_ctx (`Unknown "unknown scheme");;
Exception: Failure "resolution failed: unknown scheme".

Is this a problem with my usage, with ocaml-conduit, with ocaml-websocket, or is it something else?

The workaround I'm using consists in replacing wss by https in the URI as follows:

  let orig_uri = Uri.of_string ws_url in
  let uri = Uri.with_scheme orig_uri (Some "https") in
  ...

[vbmithr]

I do the same as you. I use https instead of wss. I think it doesn't work because ws:// and wss:// are not real unix schemes, they are aliases for http/https (same ports) and are not in /etc/services.

I agree it would be good to have them work out of the box but after realizing that indeed ocaml-conduit does not support them I just did the same as you and used https.

The proper fix would be that ocaml-conduit correctly infer port 80/443 from ws/wss and don't complain. But I think they read /etc/services to have the mapping name -> port, and indeed ws and wss are not in /etc/services.

What do you think?