Sending websocket ping/pong frame from browser

Question

I keep reading about ping/pong messages in websockets to keep the connection alive, but I\'m not sure what they are. Is it a distinct frame type? (I don\'t see any methods

Answer 1

Ping is meant to be sent only from server to client, and browser should answer as soon as possible with Pong OpCode, automatically. So you have not to worry about that on higher level.

Although that not all browsers support standard as they suppose to, they might have some differences in implementing such mechanism, and it might even means there is no Pong response functionality. But personally I am using Ping / Pong, and never saw client that does not implement this type of OpCode and automatic response on low level client side implementation.