websocket-lib v3.3.0

Node WebSocket Library

This is a lightweight WebSocket library for Node.

Installation

$ npm install websocket-lib

Documentation

• API documentation
• The WebSocket Protocol
• The WebSocket API by W3C

Examples

Server

var ws = require('websocket-lib');

var server = ws.createServer(function (session) {
	console.log('client connected');

	session.on('data', function (data) {
		console.log('client msg:', data);
		this.send('Hi, ' + data);
	});

	session.on('close', function () {
		console.log('session closed');
	});
});

server.listen(8000);

Client

var ws = require('websocket-lib');

var client = ws.connect('ws://localhost:8000', function (session) {

	session.setEncoding('utf8');
	session.send('Client');

	session.on('data', function (data) {
		console.log('server msg:', data);
	});

	session.on('close', function () {
		console.log('session closed');
	});
});

Browser

var ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:8000');
ws.onmessage = function (event) {
	console.log('server msg:', event.data);
};
ws.onclose = function () {
	console.log('session closed');
};
ws.onopen = function () {
	ws.send('Client');
};