I want to be able to send data via websocket in my C ++ code? Is there some kind of library or standard way for this to be done? Thanks for the help, I appreciate it, and please let me know if I need to provide more information.
Please see https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp , which is based on Boost ASIO.
You can find a comparison of websocket implementations at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WebSocket_implementations .
Checkout the Boost Asio Library .
cURL will probably be a little taller and easier to use than boost, esp if that is the HTTP address you are looking for.
Check out the link for libwebsocket in warmcat 's answer to my question (stand-alone C ++ web server server library) , which was published earlier.
Please note that libwebsocket can be used for client and server websites.
Beast is a C ++ library using Boost Asio, demonstrated in CppCon 2016 and used in rippled , an open source application that implements a decentralized encryption system.
Also see this related question and this one .
Many different, but you will probably find useful Boost libraries.
For a clean C ++ approach to WebSockets using Boost.Asio check out: https://github.com/eidheim/Simple-WebSocket-Server