TSHTTPTXNISWEBSOCKET(3ts)

💖 TSHTTPTXNISWEBSOCKET 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Apache Traffic Server manual, 3ts edition ✨ this one's a tiny little icon, a one-function wonder, and honestly? we're obsessed 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

TSHttpTxnIsWebsocket — the vibe check that tells you whether a request is tryna start a Websocket connection 👀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ts/ts.h>

int TSHttpTxnIsWebsocket(TSHttpTxn txnp)

like, that's it. that's the whole thing. no cap 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so TSHttpTxnIsWebsocket() tests whether the transaction is a WebSocket upgrade request ✨

that's the whole job. it looks at your transaction (txnp, the main character here 👑) and is like "hmm, are you trying to upgrade to WebSocket rn?" and answers you fr fr.

no extra steps, no drama, no side quests. it just checks. periodt.

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

if the relevant header value is found, you get a non-zero value back 🌈 — that's your yes, your slay, your green flag 💚

(and iykyk what a zero means. that's a no. that's the "it's giving regular HTTP request" energy 😭)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• TSAPI(3ts) — go read this one too bestie, it's the whole API family reunion 🌸

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

2026, dev@trafficserver.apache.org — they made this, we're just reading it in the group chat 🙈

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and that's the tea 🍓 this page came straight outta 9.2, dated Feb 12, 2026, and yes we are absolutely calling that iconic 💅✨ bye bestie, go check your headers 🦋💖