What's the difference between using QWebSocket with a URL "wss://..." and QSslSocket in Qt?

Question

New to Qt. I'm having trouble understanding the difference between using QWebSocket with a secure url, "wss://..." and QSslSocket. Which one of these is necessary to establish secure communication with a server in Qt? Or is something different entirely?

The Qt example "Secure Socket Client Example" uses a normal QWebSocket with "wss://..." but the documentation and what seems intuitive for secure comm is using QSslSocket. Which one should I be using for a secure comm client implementation?

I'm securing my QWebSockets, which are not secured currently, and trying to understand the alternatives and best implementation for secure comm.

Answer 1

This is my first answer on stackoverflow. If you need WSS protocol you may use QWebSocket . If you need HTTPS server you may use QSslSocket and QTcpServer . Or ready to use project eg github.com/azadkuh/qhttp , branch dev.

Of course you may implement QWebSocket yourself but only open function contains about 2 pages of code and is based on QSslSocket and QTcpSocket .

Sorry for so late answer but one year ago I wasn't interesting in this.