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Update websockets extension documentation (#928)

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* Update websockets extension documentation

* Add mention of message queuing mechanism
* Expand on the topic of swapping logic

* Expand the example of WebSocket message from the server
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@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ of the event specified by [`hx-trigger`])
```html
<div hx-ext="ws" ws-connect="/chatroom">
<div id="notifications"></div>
<div id="chat_room">
...
</div>
<form ws-send>
<form id="form" ws-send>
<input name="chat_message">
</form>
</div>
@ -32,6 +33,24 @@ of the event specified by [`hx-trigger`])
The example above establishes a WebSocket to the `/chatroom` end point. Content that is sent down from the websocket will
be parsed as HTML and swapped in by the `id` property, using the same logic as [Out of Band Swaps](/attributes/hx-swap-oob).
As such, if you want to change the swapping method (e.g., append content at the end of an element or delegate swapping to an extension),
you need to specify that in the message body, sent by the server.
```html
<!-- will be interpreted as hx-swap-oob="true" by default -->
<form id="form">
...
</form>
<!-- will be appended to #notifications div -->
<div id="notifications" hx-swap-oob="beforeend">
New message received
</div>
<!-- will be swapped using an extension -->
<div id="chat_room" hx-swap-oob="morphdom">
....
</div>
```
### Sending Messages to a WebSocket
In the example above, the form uses the `ws-send` attribute to indicate that when it is submitted, the form values should be **serialized as JSON**
@ -54,6 +73,7 @@ htmx.config.wsReconnectDelay = function(retryCount) {
}
```
The extension also implements a simple queuing mechanism that keeps messages in memory when the socket is not in `OPEN` state and sends them once the connection is restored.
### Testing with the Demo Server
Htmx includes a demo WebSockets server written in Go that will help you to see WebSockets in action, and begin bootstrapping your own WebSockets code. It is located in the /test/servers/ws folder of the htmx distribution. Look at /test/servers/ws/README.md for instructions on running and using the test server.