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JeFf
JeFf

Reputation: 396

NodeJS && browser cross compatible websocket client

My goal is to implement a websocket client in JavaScript with specific protocol.

This client should be platform independent. It should be able to run from NodeJS environment and from browsers as well. I know that one option is to use browserify on NodeJS packages and than use the result in browser, but I wonder if there is other more elegant sollution?

Also at the github repo of ws NodeJS package that is the most popular I think is being said that it returns global.WebSocket which has slightly different API. Can I still use it for platform independent client application?

Thanks for any reply.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1877

Answers (3)

JeFf
JeFf

Reputation: 396

In the end I used https://websockets.github.io/ws/ package for NodeJS which is compatible with browser WebSocket protocol API.

var WebSock = global.WebSocket || global.MozWebSocket || require('ws');

this.sock = new WebSock(url, this.subProtocol);
this.sock.onopen = (evt) => {};
this.sock.onmessage = (msg) => {};
this.sock.onerror = (err) => {};

Upvotes: 4

user449289
user449289

Reputation: 1

Take a look at sockjs for SockJS-client as a JavaScript client library and SockJS-node for the server implementation. http://sockjs.org

Upvotes: 0

Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Smith

Reputation: 578

Depending on your specific requirements I have found Socket.io to work well for both NodeJS (using socket.io-client and browser. It does more then just WebSockets though so make sure and look into it more as it may not suit your specific purposes.

I am using it for a task queue and have been pleased with it.

Upvotes: 0

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