Starscream VS Alamofire

[1] Use Starscreamfor Swift or check out a tutorial on Apple's built-in stuff. Check out this tutorial too, so you understand WebSocketsmore in-depth before you take the plunge.

For Swift programmers targeting iOS, macOS, and other Apple platforms in 2021, there are two main libraries that can be used to connect to a WebSocket server: Starscream and URLSession. While both are capable libraries, they also have advantages and disadvantages which are important to consider before choosing one over the other.

Alamofire - Alamofire is an HTTP networking library written in Swift. (de facto standard library for network) Language: Swift.

You can find an example using Alamofire, the most commonly used network framework, here.

https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire/blob/master/Documenta...

To add Alamofire, we'll be using Swift Package Manager. Xcode comes with built-in support for it and we'll not have to use external package managers like Cocoapods or Carthage. Click on File → Add Packages...

import ProjectDescription let dependencies = Dependencies( carthage: [ .github(path: "Alamofire/Alamofire", requirement: .exact("5.0.4")), ], swiftPackageManager: [ .remote(url: "https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire", requirement: .upToNextMajor(from: "5.0.0")), ], platforms: [.iOS] )

I have a prototype on a branch. Right now it's just continuations that wrap the completion handler API and may change significantly over time. The other APIs won't really change until we can rewrite major portions to the new async features.

https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire/blob/master/Documentation/Usage.md#get-request-with-url-encoded-parameters