List of STOMP Client Libraries
STOMP is a relatively simple protocol, which means that there's a large number of third-party clients available for them, many of which don't completely comply with the specifications. Many of these are not suitable for use on the feeds, for various reasons.
The table
- Highest version supported – Highest STOMP version the client supports. 1.2 is best, 1.1 is usually acceptable, 1.0 lacks support for heartbeating.
- Acknowledgements – Can you send an ACK for a frame? If not, you won't be able to set up a durable subscription.
- content-length – If a client doesn't support the content-length header, it won't work with the push port.
If using the Network Rail feeds on the Artemis server (which will eventually become the only option), if your client sends nothing for 60 seconds, you will be disconnected. If you're using a relatively high-volume feed, acknowledgements are one way around this with STOMP 1.0, on later versions, heartbeating is the way to go.
If a library supports all 1.2 features when tested, its name will be in bold.
List of STOMP clients
| Language | Name/version | Links | Highest version supported | heartbeating | acknowledgements | content-length | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | stomp 2.0.3 | https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.stomp.php https://pecl.php.net/package/stomp | 1.0 | no | yes | yes | |
| Java | Gozirra | https://github.com/pedroteixeira/gozirra | 1.0 | no | no | ? | Not suitable for feeds |
| JS | stomp-client 0.9.0 | https://www.npmjs.com/package/stomp-client | 1.0 | no | yes | yes | claimed 1.1 support is broken[1] |
| JS | stompit 1.0.0 | https://www.npmjs.com/package/stompit | 1.2 | yes | yes | yes | |
| Elixir | Barytherium 0.6.2 | https://hex.pm/packages/barytherium | 1.2 | yes | yes | yes | |
| Erlang | Platybelodon 0.1.0 | https://hex.pm/packages/platybelodon | 1.2 | yes | yes | yes |