lrio

Minimalist websocket broadcast server and browser client

Feature

• Broadcast messages using a dedicated channel
• Attach as many websocket server you want without collision
• Client for browserify
• Based on WebSocket-Node

Usage

npm install --save lrio

Server side

var http   = require('http');
var lrio   = require('lrio');
var server = http.createServer();

var A = lrio(server, 'myChannelA');
var B = lrio(server, 'myChannelB');

server.listen(8080);

// Broadcast message on myChannelA
A.broadcast({my:42})

// Broadcast message on myChannelB
B.broadcast({foo:'bar'})

// Other events :
A.on('join',  function(client) {})
A.on('leave', function(client) {})

Notice that client are WebSocketConnection instances

Client side (using browserify)

var lrio   = require('lrio');

var A = lrio('myChannelA');
var B = lrio('myChannelB');

A.on('message', function(message) { console.log(message) })
B.on('message', function(message) { console.log(message) })

// Other events:
A.on('open', function() {})
A.on('close', function() {})
A.on('error', function() {})

A.close(); // Close websocket
A.connect(); // Re-connect  (only if closed)

License

The MIT license • Novadiscovery