WebSocket Monitor

WebSocket Monitor is a Node.js library designed for monitoring network drops while the WebSocket connection is in process.

Installation

You can install the library using npm with the following command:

npm install websocket-monitor

Usage

// Import the WebSocketMonitor class
const WebSocketMonitor = require('websocket-monitor');

// Create an instance of WebSocketMonitor with your desired configuration
const webSocketMonitor = new WebSocketMonitor();

(async () => {
  /*
    Perform your task. Close the webSocketMonitor after your task is completed.
  */

  // Closing the WebSocketMonitor
  await webSocketMonitor.close();
});

Closing the WebSocket Monitor

The instance of WebSocket Monitor can be closed with the close() method as shown below.

await webSocketMonitor.close();

Confguration Options

The following options can be passed while initialising WebSocketMonitor.

• websocketUrl: The WebSocket URL to connect to (default: 'wss://echo.websocket.org').
• pingInterval: The interval (in milliseconds) for sending "ping" messages (default: 10000).
• retry: Whether to retry the WebSocket connection on failure (default: true). The process will stop of first failure if this flag is set as false.
• retryAttempts: The number of retry attempts before giving stopping the process (-1 for unlimited retries, default: -1).
• debug: Set to true for getting the debug logs.

const WebSocketMonitor = require('websocket-monitor');

// Initialising WebSocketMonitor with configuration options
const monitor = new WebSocketMonitor({
  websocketUrl: "wss://echo.websocket.org",
  pingInterval: 5000,
  retry: true,
  retryAttempts: 10,
  debug: true
});