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ekjcfn3902039
ekjcfn3902039

Reputation: 1839

Node - Attaching to server / websockets

I am running a vue application (VUE-CLI 3) on Node. In dev mode, I run 'npm run serve' and the application is brought up and works as expected.

I would now like to add websocket code to the server.

Most examples I see have some setup code similar to:

const http = require('http');
const server = http.createServer();
const wsServer = new WebsocketServer({httpServer: server});

When I run 'npm run serve' I now am greeted with the following error message:

'http.createServer is not a function'

Is there a way to attach the websockets to the current running node server when invoked via npm run serve? In other words, can I skip the createServer call and attach it to whatever is currently running?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 83

Answers (1)

WMRamadan
WMRamadan

Reputation: 1220

Well, your code should read something like this...

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var http = require('http');
var server = http.createServer(app);
var io = require('socket.io').listen(server);

You will need to use ExpressJS on the back-end to handle messages.

Upvotes: 1

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