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+/*
+ * WebSocketClientSSLWithCA.ino
+ *
+ *  Created on: 27.10.2019
+ *
+ *  note SSL is only possible with the ESP8266
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <Arduino.h>
+
+#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
+#include <ESP8266WiFiMulti.h>
+
+#include <WebSocketsClient.h>
+
+ESP8266WiFiMulti WiFiMulti;
+WebSocketsClient webSocket;
+
+#define USE_SERIAL Serial1
+
+
+// Can be obtained with:
+//  openssl s_client -showcerts -connect echo.websocket.org:443 </dev/null
+const char ENDPOINT_CA_CERT[] PROGMEM = R"EOF(
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIEkjCCA3qgAwIBAgIQCgFBQgAAAVOFc2oLheynCDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA/
+MSQwIgYDVQQKExtEaWdpdGFsIFNpZ25hdHVyZSBUcnVzdCBDby4xFzAVBgNVBAMT
+DkRTVCBSb290IENBIFgzMB4XDTE2MDMxNzE2NDA0NloXDTIxMDMxNzE2NDA0Nlow
+SjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFjAUBgNVBAoTDUxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQxIzAhBgNVBAMT
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+AQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAnNMM8FrlLke3cl03g7NoYzDq1zUmGSXhvb418XCSL7e4S0EF
+q6meNQhY7LEqxGiHC6PjdeTm86dicbp5gWAf15Gan/PQeGdxyGkOlZHP/uaZ6WA8
+SMx+yk13EiSdRxta67nsHjcAHJyse6cF6s5K671B5TaYucv9bTyWaN8jKkKQDIZ0
+Z8h/pZq4UmEUEz9l6YKHy9v6Dlb2honzhT+Xhq+w3Brvaw2VFn3EK6BlspkENnWA
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+AQH/BAgwBgEB/wIBADAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCAYYwfwYIKwYBBQUHAQEEczBxMDIG
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+VAYDVR0gBE0wSzAIBgZngQwBAgEwPwYLKwYBBAGC3xMBAQEwMDAuBggrBgEFBQcC
+ARYiaHR0cDovL2Nwcy5yb290LXgxLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZzA8BgNVHR8ENTAz
+MDGgL6AthitodHRwOi8vY3JsLmlkZW50cnVzdC5jb20vRFNUUk9PVENBWDNDUkwu
+Y3JsMB0GA1UdDgQWBBSoSmpjBH3duubRObemRWXv86jsoTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
+AAOCAQEA3TPXEfNjWDjdGBX7CVW+dla5cEilaUcne8IkCJLxWh9KEik3JHRRHGJo
+uM2VcGfl96S8TihRzZvoroed6ti6WqEBmtzw3Wodatg+VyOeph4EYpr/1wXKtx8/
+wApIvJSwtmVi4MFU5aMqrSDE6ea73Mj2tcMyo5jMd6jmeWUHK8so/joWUoHOUgwu
+X4Po1QYz+3dszkDqMp4fklxBwXRsW10KXzPMTZ+sOPAveyxindmjkW8lGy+QsRlG
+PfZ+G6Z6h7mjem0Y+iWlkYcV4PIWL1iwBi8saCbGS5jN2p8M+X+Q7UNKEkROb3N6
+KOqkqm57TH2H3eDJAkSnh6/DNFu0Qg==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+)EOF";
+
+void webSocketEvent(WStype_t type, uint8_t * payload, size_t length) {
+    switch(type) {
+        case WStype_DISCONNECTED:
+            USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] Disconnected!\n");
+            break;
+        case WStype_CONNECTED:
+            {
+                USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] Connected to url: %s\n",  payload);
+
+                // send message to server when Connected
+                webSocket.sendTXT("Connected");
+            }
+            break;
+        case WStype_TEXT:
+            USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] get text: %s\n", payload);
+
+            // send message to server
+            // webSocket.sendTXT("message here");
+            break;
+        case WStype_BIN:
+            USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] get binary length: %u\n", length);
+            hexdump(payload, length);
+
+            // send data to server
+            // webSocket.sendBIN(payload, length);
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+void setup() {
+    USE_SERIAL.begin(115200);
+
+    USE_SERIAL.setDebugOutput(true);
+
+    USE_SERIAL.println();
+    USE_SERIAL.println();
+    USE_SERIAL.println();
+
+    for(uint8_t t = 4; t > 0; t--) {
+        USE_SERIAL.printf("[SETUP] BOOT WAIT %d...\n", t);
+        USE_SERIAL.flush();
+        delay(1000);
+    }
+
+    WiFiMulti.addAP("SSID", "passpasspass");
+
+    while(WiFiMulti.run() != WL_CONNECTED) {
+        delay(100);
+    }
+
+    webSocket.beginSslWithCA("echo.websocket.org", 443, "/", ENDPOINT_CA_CERT);
+    webSocket.onEvent(webSocketEvent);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+    webSocket.loop();
+}