Websocket
Example
server
const WebSocket = require('ws')
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 9000 })
wss.on('connection', ws => {
ws.on('message', message => {
console.log(`(server) received message => ${message}`)
ws.send(JSON.stringify({type: 'greeting', payload: 'hello world'}))
})
})client
const WebSocket = require('ws')
const url = 'ws://localhost:9000'
const connection = new WebSocket(url)
connection.onopen = () => {
connection.send('Message From Client')
}
connection.onerror = (error) => {
console.log(`WebSocket error: ${error.message()}`)
}
connection.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
console.log(`(client)`, JSON.parse(e.data))
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open/closemessageerror
Writing WebSocket servers
- handshake
- exchange dataframes
- ping/pong (heartbeat)
- close conn