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Features
========

.. currentmodule:: websockets

Feature support matrices summarize which implementations support which features.

.. raw:: html

    <style>
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        .support-matrix-table th:first-child { text-align: left; }
        .support-matrix-table th:not(:first-child) { text-align: center; width: 15%; }
        .support-matrix-table td:not(:first-child) { text-align: center; }
    </style>

.. |aio| replace:: :mod:`asyncio`
.. |sync| replace:: :mod:`threading`
.. |sans| replace:: `Sans-I/O`_
.. _Sans-I/O: https://sans-io.readthedocs.io/

Both sides
----------

.. table::
    :class: support-matrix-table

    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    |                                    | |aio|  | |sync| | |sans| |
    +====================================+========+========+========+
    | Perform the opening handshake      | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Send a message                     | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Receive a message                  | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Iterate over received messages     | ✅     | ✅     | ❌     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Send a fragmented message          | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Receive a fragmented message after | ✅     | ✅     | ❌     |
    | reassembly                         |        |        |        |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Receive a fragmented message frame | ❌     | ✅     | ✅     |
    | by frame (`#479`_)                 |        |        |        |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Send a ping                        | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Respond to pings automatically     | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Send a pong                        | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Perform the closing handshake      | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Report close codes and reasons     | ❌     | ✅     | ✅     |
    | from both sides                    |        |        |        |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Compress messages (:rfc:`7692`)    | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Tune memory usage for compression  | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Negotiate extensions               | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Implement custom extensions        | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Negotiate a subprotocol            | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Enforce security limits            | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Log events                         | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Enforce opening timeout            | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Enforce closing timeout            | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Keepalive                          | ✅     | ❌     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Heartbeat                          | ✅     | ❌     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+

.. _#479: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/479

Server
------

.. table::
    :class: support-matrix-table

    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    |                                    | |aio|  | |sync| | |sans| |
    +====================================+========+========+========+
    | Listen on a TCP socket             | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Listen on a Unix socket            | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Listen using a preexisting socket  | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Encrypt connection with TLS        | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Close server on context exit       | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Close connection on handler exit   | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Shut down server gracefully        | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Check ``Origin`` header            | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Customize subprotocol selection    | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Configure ``Server`` header        | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Alter opening handshake request    | ❌     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Alter opening handshake response   | ❌     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Perform HTTP Basic Authentication  | ✅     | ❌     | ❌     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Perform HTTP Digest Authentication | ❌     | ❌     | ❌     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Force HTTP response                | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+

Client
------

.. table::
    :class: support-matrix-table

    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    |                                    | |aio|  | |sync| | |sans| |
    +====================================+========+========+========+
    | Connect to a TCP socket            | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Connect to a Unix socket           | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Connect using a preexisting socket | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Encrypt connection with TLS        | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Close connection on context exit   | ✅     | ✅     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Reconnect automatically            | ✅     | ❌     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Configure ``Origin`` header        | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Configure ``User-Agent`` header    | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Alter opening handshake request    | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Connect to non-ASCII IRIs          | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Perform HTTP Basic Authentication  | ✅     | ✅     | ✅     |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Perform HTTP Digest Authentication | ❌     | ❌     | ❌     |
    | (`#784`_)                          |        |        |        |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Follow HTTP redirects              | ✅     | ❌     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Connect via a HTTP proxy (`#364`_) | ❌     | ❌     | —      |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+
    | Connect via a SOCKS5 proxy         | ❌     | ❌     | —      |
    | (`#475`_)                          |        |        |        |
    +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+

.. _#364: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/364
.. _#475: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/475
.. _#784: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/784

Known limitations
-----------------

There is no way to control compression of outgoing frames on a per-frame basis
(`#538`_). If compression is enabled, all frames are compressed.

.. _#538: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/538

The server doesn't check the Host header and respond with a HTTP 400 Bad Request
if it is missing or invalid (`#1246`).

.. _#1246: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/1246

The client API doesn't attempt to guarantee that there is no more than one
connection to a given IP address in a CONNECTING state. This behavior is
`mandated by RFC 6455`_. However, :func:`~client.connect()` isn't the right
layer for enforcing this constraint. It's the caller's responsibility.

.. _mandated by RFC 6455: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455.html#section-4.1