From 02d70ee5dbcc205f2fcc91cbfbf41444870041b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam French <adam.a.french@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:23:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] init commit websocket

---
 backend/go.mod                       |  1 +
 backend/go.sum                       |  2 ++
 backend/handlers/handle_websocket.go | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 backend/main.go                      |  2 ++
 backend/services/websocket.go        | 10 ++++++++++
 5 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/handlers/handle_websocket.go
 create mode 100644 backend/services/websocket.go

diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index fd7d833..5be142f 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 2a201cb..952be2f 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20200708004538-1a94d8640e99/go.mod h1:ZgVRPoUq/hf
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 h1:saDtZ6Pbx/0u+bgYQ3q96pZgCzfhKXGPqt7kZ72aNNg=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
diff --git a/backend/handlers/handle_websocket.go b/backend/handlers/handle_websocket.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b4f20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/handlers/handle_websocket.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"adam-french.co.uk/backend/services"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+)
+
+func (store *Store) ConnectWebSocket(ctx *gin.Context) {
+	conn, err := services.Upgrader.Upgrade(ctx.Writer, ctx.Request, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.JSON(500, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	for {
+		conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte("Hello Websocket!"))
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
index 95c7760..364a63d 100644
--- a/backend/main.go
+++ b/backend/main.go
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ func main() {
 	r.GET("/spotify/recent", store.RecentlyPlayed)
 	// r.POST("/spotify", store.SendSong)
 
+	r.GET("/ws", store.ConnectWebSocket)
+
 	r.GET("/notes/*path", store.GetNoteFile)
 
 	r.GET("/", func(c *gin.Context) {
diff --git a/backend/services/websocket.go b/backend/services/websocket.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7511961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/websocket.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package services
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+)
+
+var Upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
+	ReadBufferSize:  1024,
+	WriteBufferSize: 1024,
+}