@egodigital/ws
v0.5.0
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Simple socket server and client classes.
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node-ws
A simplfied library for Node.js 10+ for handling WebSocket connections, written in TypeScript.
Install
Execute the following command from your project folder, where your package.json
file is stored:
npm install --save @egodigital/ws
Usage
With Express
You are able to share the same port with an express and web socket instance.
import * as express from 'express';
import { SimpleWebSocket, withExpress } from '@egodigital/ws';
// ##### SERVER #####
// Express instance
const app = express();
// http://localhost:8080/
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
return res.status(200)
.send('Hello, from Express!');
});
// setup websocket server with Express app
const { server, listen } = await withExpress({
app: app,
key: 'ego', // a string or buffer
// for authentication
});
// handle messages of type 'HelloEGO'
server.onMessage(async (ctx) => {
console.log('server.onMessage', ctx.message);
// optional data, which should be
// send with OK message
return 23979;
}, (msg) => 'HelloEGO' === msg.type);
// start listening on port 8080
await listen(8080);
// ##### CLIENT #####
// connect to local server
const client = SimpleWebSocket.fromUrl('ws://localhost:8080');
// handle messages of any type from server
client.onMessage((ctx) => {
console.log('client.onMessage', ctx.message);
});
await client.connect('ego'); // same key as submitted to 'withExpress()'
// s.a.
// send message of type 'HelloEGO'
// and data 5979 to local server
await client.send('HelloEGO', 5979);
Events
// SimpleWebSocket
client.on('message', (msg, client) => {
// handle message from remote server
});
client.on('close', () => {
// connection with remote server has been closed
});
// SimpleWebSocketServer
server.on('connection', (client, server) => {
// new connection with 'client'
});
server.on('message', (msg, client, server) => {
// handle message from remote client
});
server.on('close', (client, server) => {
// connection with remote client has been closed
});
Documentation
The API documentation can be found here.