0.0.0 • Published 12 years ago
siofile v0.0.0
siofile - read files over socket.io
server
var siofile = require('siofile')
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
socket.on('siofile', siofile(socket))
})
This is incredibly insecure because it allows all clients access to your entire filesystem.
Instead.
socket.on('siofile', siofile(socket, '/home/me/myfile'))
Or you can give a list of files you want to make available.
socket.on('siofile', siofile(socket, ['/home/me/myfile1', '/home/me/myfile2']))
browser
<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
<script>
var socket = io.connect('http://localhost')
socket.on('connect', function () {
siofile(socket).read('/home/me/myfile', function (err, data) {
console.log(err, data)
})
})
</script>
Alternatively, you can also watch a file, which will first read the contents and then call your callback again every time new data is appended to the file. This is ideal for watching log files.
siofile(socket).watch('/home/me/myfile', function (err, data) {
console.log(err, data)
})
0.0.0
12 years ago