Connecting to Poloniex Push-API

Question

I want to connect to the Push API of Poloniex. On their page they write the following:

In order to use the push API, connect to wss://api.poloniex.com

Answer 1

I know this is a rather late response to your question, but it appears the problem is you are not performing the HTTP/Websocket upgrade upon connecting to the remote server. The example code you are using is setup with the rawsocket_endpoint transport, which my guess means the there is no HTTP Websocket upgrade or Websocket encapsulation occurring. I do not believe your problem has anything to do with SSL.

To get Websocket connections to work you should review the AutobahnCPP example that makes use of Websocketpp.

Answer 2

No, no, no this is a late response. Late or not though, I believe it may be a bit more direct a solution for you Bobface (and any others that struggled with this). I hesitate to give this out, as it will potentially be used by competitors. But, what's life without competition!? Boring, that's what. And moreover, I wish someone had come before me and posted this, so here you go! Be the change you wish to see, right?

Below, you'll find an implementation utilizing websocketpp and autobahn|cpp to connect to Poloniex's push api. In this case, it will receive updates made to the books for BTC_ETH.

Generally speaking, this is how you can utilize websocketpp and autobahn|cpp to connect to a secure web socket server implementing WAMP protocol (aka something like wss://ip-address.com:port).

Cheers!

Includes:

#include <autobahn/autobahn.hpp>
#include <autobahn/wamp_websocketpp_websocket_transport.hpp>
#include <websocketpp/config/asio_no_tls_client.hpp>
#include <websocketpp/client.hpp>
#include <boost/version.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>

Code:

typedef websocketpp::client<websocketpp::config::asio_tls_client> client;
typedef autobahn::wamp_websocketpp_websocket_transport<websocketpp::config::asio_tls_client> websocket_transport;

try {
    //std::cerr << "Connecting to realm: " << parameters->realm() << std::endl;

    boost::asio::io_service io;
    //bool debug = parameters->debug();

    client ws_client;
    ws_client.init_asio(&io);
    ws_client.set_tls_init_handler([&](websocketpp::connection_hdl) {
        return websocketpp::lib::make_shared<boost::asio::ssl::context>(boost::asio::ssl::context::tlsv12_client);
    });
    auto transport = std::make_shared < autobahn::wamp_websocketpp_websocket_transport<websocketpp::config::asio_tls_client> >(
            ws_client, "wss://api.poloniex.com:443", true);

    // create a WAMP session that talks WAMP-RawSocket over TCP
    auto session = std::make_shared<autobahn::wamp_session>(io, true);

    transport->attach(std::static_pointer_cast<autobahn::wamp_transport_handler>(session));

    // Make sure the continuation futures we use do not run out of scope prematurely.
    // Since we are only using one thread here this can cause the io service to block
    // as a future generated by a continuation will block waiting for its promise to be
    // fulfilled when it goes out of scope. This would prevent the session from receiving
    // responses from the router.
    boost::future<void> connect_future;
    boost::future<void> start_future;
    boost::future<void> join_future;
    boost::future<void> subscribe_future;
    connect_future = transport->connect().then([&](boost::future<void> connected) {
        try {
            connected.get();
        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
            std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
            io.stop();
            return;
        }

        std::cerr << "transport connected" << std::endl;

        start_future = session->start().then([&](boost::future<void> started) {
            try {
                started.get();
            } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
                io.stop();
                return;
            }

            std::cerr << "session started" << std::endl;

            join_future = session->join("realm1").then([&](boost::future<uint64_t> joined) {
                try {
                    std::cerr << "joined realm: " << joined.get() << std::endl;
                } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                    std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
                    io.stop();
                    return;
                }

                subscribe_future = session->subscribe("BTC_ETH", &on_topic1).then([&] (boost::future<autobahn::wamp_subscription> subscribed)
                {
                    try {
                        std::cerr << "subscribed to topic: " << subscribed.get().id() << std::endl;
                    }
                    catch (const std::exception& e) {
                        std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
                        io.stop();
                        return;
                    }

                });
            });
        });
    });

    std::cerr << "starting io service" << std::endl;
    io.run();
    std::cerr << "stopped io service" << std::endl;
}
catch (std::exception& e) {
    std::cerr << "exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    ret_var.successfully_ran = false;
    return ret_var;
}