WebSocket client in C and win32 for Windows 7

Question

I'm trying to figure out a way to implement a sample WebSocketClient in C using win32 APIs. I need it to communicate with a HTML+JS WebSocket server.

I see that most of the WebSocket specific APIs are supported only Windows 8 and above. Like in WinHttpWebSocketCompleteUpgrade function

Is my understanding incorrect? Any guidance, if the approach is feasible, would be of much help.

Answer 1

These links might be helpful:

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Answer 2

There is another Windows API for WebSockets called WebSocket Protocol Component API. Microsoft has also provided a sample code on Github which is a good starting point.