# Jakarta WebSocket

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/jakarta-ee/jakarta-websocket/  
**Provider:** Jakarta EE — https://apis.io/providers/jakarta-ee/  
**Documentation:** https://jakarta.ee/specifications/websocket/

Jakarta WebSocket is one of 6 APIs that [Jakarta EE](https://apis.io/providers/jakarta-ee/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Specification, Streaming, and WebSocket. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Jakarta WebSocket defines a standard API for creating server and client endpoints that communicate using the WebSocket protocol (RFC 6455). It enables full-duplex, bidirectional communication between clients and servers over a single TCP connection in Jakarta EE applications.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://jakarta.ee/specifications/websocket/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/jakartaee/websocket

## Other Jakarta EE APIs (5)

- [Jakarta RESTful Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/jakarta-ee/jakarta-restful-web-services/)
- [Jakarta JSON Processing](https://apis.io/apis/jakarta-ee/jakarta-json-processing/)
- [Jakarta JSON Binding](https://apis.io/apis/jakarta-ee/jakarta-json-binding/)
- [Jakarta Servlet](https://apis.io/apis/jakarta-ee/jakarta-servlet/)
- [Jakarta Validation](https://apis.io/apis/jakarta-ee/jakarta-validation/)

## Tags

Specification, Streaming, WebSocket

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