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The call blocks until one of the following conditions 49 is true: 50 </p> 51<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 52<li class="listitem"> 53 The request is sent and the response is received. 54 </li> 55<li class="listitem"> 56 An error occurs. 57 </li> 58</ul></div> 59<p> 60 The algorithm, known as a <span class="emphasis"><em>composed operation</em></span>, is 61 implemented in terms of calls to the next layer's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">read_some</span></code> 62 and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">write_some</span></code> functions. 63 The handshake is successful if the received HTTP response indicates the 64 upgrade was accepted by the server, represented by a <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.1.2" target="_top">status-code</a> 65 of <a class="link" href="../../boost__beast__http__status.html" title="http::status"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">beast</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">http</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">status</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">switching_protocols</span></code></a>. 66 </p> 67<h7><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.h2"></a> 68 <span class="phrase"><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload2.html#beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.parameters">Parameters</a> 69 </h7><div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 70<colgroup> 71<col> 72<col> 73</colgroup> 74<thead><tr> 75<th> 76 <p> 77 Name 78 </p> 79 </th> 80<th> 81 <p> 82 Description 83 </p> 84 </th> 85</tr></thead> 86<tbody> 87<tr> 88<td> 89 <p> 90 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">res</span></code> 91 </p> 92 </td> 93<td> 94 <p> 95 The HTTP Upgrade response returned by the remote endpoint. 96 The caller may use the response to access any additional information 97 sent by the server. 98 </p> 99 </td> 100</tr> 101<tr> 102<td> 103 <p> 104 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">host</span></code> 105 </p> 106 </td> 107<td> 108 <p> 109 The name of the remote host. This is required by the HTTP protocol 110 to set the "Host" header field. 111 </p> 112 </td> 113</tr> 114<tr> 115<td> 116 <p> 117 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span></code> 118 </p> 119 </td> 120<td> 121 <p> 122 The request-target, in origin-form. The server may use the 123 target to distinguish different services on the same listening 124 port. 125 </p> 126 </td> 127</tr> 128</tbody> 129</table></div> 130<h7><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.h3"></a> 131 <span class="phrase"><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.exceptions"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload2.html#beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.exceptions">Exceptions</a> 132 </h7><div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 133<colgroup> 134<col> 135<col> 136</colgroup> 137<thead><tr> 138<th> 139 <p> 140 Type 141 </p> 142 </th> 143<th> 144 <p> 145 Thrown On 146 </p> 147 </th> 148</tr></thead> 149<tbody><tr> 150<td> 151 <p> 152 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">system_error</span></code> 153 </p> 154 </td> 155<td> 156 <p> 157 Thrown on failure. 158 </p> 159 </td> 160</tr></tbody> 161</table></div> 162<h7><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.h4"></a> 163 <span class="phrase"><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.example"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload2.html#beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.example">Example</a> 164 </h7><pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">response_type</span> <span class="identifier">res</span><span class="special">;</span> 165<span class="identifier">ws</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">handshake</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">res</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"localhost"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"/"</span><span class="special">);</span> 166<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">res</span><span class="special">;</span> 167</pre> 168<h7><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.h5"></a> 169 <span class="phrase"><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.see_also"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload2.html#beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.handshake.overload2.see_also">See 170 Also</a> 171 </h7><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 172<li class="listitem"> 173 <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-4.1" target="_top">Websocket 174 Opening Handshake Client Requirements (RFC6455)</a> 175 </li> 176<li class="listitem"> 177 <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.4" target="_top">Host 178 field (RFC7230)</a> 179 </li> 180<li class="listitem"> 181 <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.1.1" target="_top">request-target 182 (RFC7230)</a> 183 </li> 184<li class="listitem"> 185 <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.3.1" target="_top">origin-form 186 (RFC7230)</a> 187 </li> 188</ul></div> 189</div> 190<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 191<td align="left"></td> 192<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2016-2019 Vinnie 193 Falco<p> 194 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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