ws-broadcast

Broadcast messages from a client to every other connected clients (without echoing to the sender)
The messages can be clustered in "rooms" by using different /path (see "Handles room" below)

Install

npm i -g ws-broadcast

You can now start a ws-broacast or wsb in your any shell.

Usage

ws-broadcast

This will start an express Web server and a WebSocket server on default 0.0.0.0:3000

Change port

If you want to change the default port use:

PORT=9090 ws-broadcast

Handles rooms

You can split clients into groups by connecting them to a different path
You just have to append a /path to the server url:

ws://localhost:9001/myRoom

By doing so, clients will only be able to communicate with other clients from the same room.
There is no way for clients to communicate with other rooms.

Docker image

You can also start a ws-broadcast using Docker:

docker run -d maxleiko/ws-broadcast