// Define variable or field for socket handle
  rws_socket _socket = NULL;
  ............
  // Create socket object
  _socket = rws_socket_create();

// Combined url: "ws://echo.websocket.org:80/"
rws_socket_set_scheme(_socket, "ws");
rws_socket_set_host(_socket, "echo.websocket.org");
rws_socket_set_port(_socket, 80);
rws_socket_set_path(_socket, "/");

// Main callbacks functions
// callback trigered on socket disconnected with/without error
static void on_socket_disconnected(rws_socket socket) 
{
  // process error
  rws_error error = rws_socket_get_error(socket);
  if (error) printf("\nSocket disconnect with code, error: %i, %s", rws_error_get_code(error), rws_error_get_description(error));
  // forget about this socket object, due to next disconnection sequence
  _socket = NULL;
}
// callback trigered on socket connected and handshake done
static void on_socket_connected(rws_socket socket)
{
  printf("\nSocket connected");
}
// callback trigered on socket received text
static void on_socket_received_text(rws_socket socket, const char * text, const unsigned int length)
{
  printf("\nSocket text: %s", text);
}
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// Set socket callbacks
rws_socket_set_on_disconnected(_socket, &on_socket_disconnected); // required
rws_socket_set_on_connected(_socket, &on_socket_connected);
rws_socket_set_on_received_text(_socket, &on_socket_received_text);

rws_socket_connect(_socket);

const char * example_text =
  "{\"version\":\"1.0\",\"supportedConnectionTypes\":[\"websocket\"],\"minimumVersion\":\"1.0\",\"channel\":\"/meta/handshake\"}";
rws_socket_send_text(_socket, example_text);

rws_socket_disconnect_and_release(_socket);
_socket = NULL;