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shared/socket_client.go

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+package shared
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func ConnectToSocketServer(address string) (*websocket.Conn, error) {
+	const maxTry = 5
+	const sleepTime = time.Second * 2
+	var err error
+	var connection *websocket.Conn
+	try := 0
+
+	// Connection to server fails if client pod is up before server.
+	// Retries solve this issue.
+	for try < maxTry {
+		connection, _, err = websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(address, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			try++
+			// fmt.Printf("Failed connecting to websocket server: %s, (%v,%+v)\n", err, err, err)
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(sleepTime)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return connection, nil
+}