Platform Support

The following shows net module APIs available for each platform.

	Linux (Ubuntu)	Raspbian (Raspberry Pi)	NuttX (STM32F4-Discovery)	TizenRT (Artik053)
net.createServer	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.connect	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.createConnection	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Server.listen	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Server.close	O	O	△ ²	O
net.Socket.connect	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Socket.write	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Socket.end	O	O	△ ¹ ³	△ ¹ ³
net.Socket.destroy	O	O	△ ¹ ³	△ ¹ ³
net.Socket.pause	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Socket.resume	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Socket.setTimeout	O	O	△ ¹	△ ¹
net.Socket.setKeepAlive	X	X	X	X

1. On NuttX/STM32F4-Discovery and TizenRT/Artik053, even a couple of sockets/server/requests might not work properly.

2. On NuttX/STM32F4-Discovery, close() may block due to a bug in poll().

3. When writable stream is finished but readable stream is still alive, IoT.js tries to shutdown the socket, not destroy. However on NuttX and TizenRT due to lack of implementation, it does nothing inside.

Net

IoT.js provides asynchronous networking through Net module. You can use this module with require('net') and create both servers and clients.

net.connect(options[, connectListener])

• options {Object} An object which specifies the connection options.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connect' event.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Creates a new net.Socket and automatically connects with the supplied options. The options object specifies the following information:

• port {number} Port connect to (required).
• host {string} Host connect to (optional, Default: localhost).
• family {number} Version of IP stack.

The options are passed to both the net.Socket constructor and the socket.connect method. The connectListener is automatically registered as a 'connect' event listener.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 22702;

var echo_msg = '';

var socket = net.connect({port: port, family: 4}, function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

socket.on('data', function(data) {
  echo_msg += data;
});

socket.on('end', function() {
  console.log(echo_msg);
});

net.connect(port[, host][, connectListener])

• port {number} Port the client should connect to.
• host {string} Host the client should connect to. Default: localhost.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connect' event.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Creates a new net.Socket and automatically connects to the supplied port and host. If host is omitted, localhost will be assumed. The connectListener is automatically registered as a 'connect' event listener.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 22702;
var host = '127.0.0.1';
var echo_msg = '';

var socket = net.connect(port, host, function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

socket.on('data', function(data) {
  echo_msg += data;
});

socket.on('end', function() {
  console.log(echo_msg);
});

net.createConnection(options[, connectListener])

• options {Object} An object which specifies the connection options.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connect' event.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Creates a new net.Socket and automatically connects with the supplied options. The options are passed to both the net.Socket constructor and the socket.connect method. The options object specifies the following information:

• port {number} Port connect to (required).
• host {string} Host connect to (optional, Default: localhost).
• family {number} Version of IP stack.

The connectionListener is automatically registered as a 'connect' event listener.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 80;

var echo_msg = '';

var socket = net.createConnection({port: port, family: 4}, function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

socket.on('data', function(data) {
  echo_msg += data;
});

socket.on('end', function() {
  console.log(echo_msg);
});

net.createConnection(port[, host][, connectListener])

• port {number} Port the client should connect to.
• host {string} Host the client should connect to. Default: localhost.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connect' event.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Creates a new net.Socket and automatically connects to the supplied port and host. It is equivalent to new net.Socket() followed by socket.connect(). If host is omitted, localhost will be assumed. The connectionListener is automatically registered as a 'connect' event listener.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 22702;
var host = '127.0.0.1';
var echo_msg = '';

var socket = net.createConnection(port, host, function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

socket.on('data', function(data) {
  echo_msg += data;
});

socket.on('end', function() {
  console.log(echo_msg);
});

net.createServer([options][, connectionListener])

• options {Object} An object which specifies the connection options Default: { allowHalfOpen: false }.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connection' event.
• Returns {net.Server}.

Creates a TCP server according to options. The connectionListener is automatically registered as a 'connection' event listener. If allowHalfOpen is true, then the socket becomes non-readable, but still writable. You should call the socket.end() method explicitly.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 22702;

var server = net.createServer(
  {
    allowHalfOpen: true
  },
  function(socket) {
    server.close();
  }
);

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  var msg = '';
  socket.on('data', function(data) {
    msg += data;
  });
  socket.on('end', function() {
    socket.end(msg);
  });
});

Class: net.Server

This class is used to create a TCP or local server. You can create net.Server instance with net.createServer().

server.close([closeListener])

• closeListener {Function} Listener for the 'close' event.

Stops listening new arriving connection. Server socket will be finally closed when all existing connections are closed, then emits 'close' event. The closeListener is registered as a 'close' event listener.

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 22704;
var timeout = 1000;

server.listen(port);

/* ... */

server.close();

server.listen(port[, host][, backlog][, listenListener])

• port {number} Port the client should connect to.
• host {string} Host the client should connect to.
• backlog {number} The maximum length of the queue of pending connections. Default: 511.
• listenListener {Function} Listener for the 'listening' event.
• Returns: {Object} The self instance of net.Server.

Begin accepting connections on the specified port and hostname. If the hostname is omitted, the server will accept connections on any IPv4 address (0.0.0.0).

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 22709;

server.listen(port);

server.listen(options[, listenListener])

• options {Object} An object which specifies the connection options.
• listenListener {Function} Listener for the 'listening' event.

It behaves as the server.listen(port[, host][, backlog][, listenListener]) function above.

The option object supports the following properties:

• port {number} Port the client should connect to.
• host {string} Host the client should connect to.
• backlog {number} The maximum length of the queue of pending connections. Default: 511.

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();

server.listen({port: 80, host: 'localhost'});

Event: ‘close’

• callback {Function}

Emitted when server has closed the connection.

Note that this event will be emitted after all existing connections are closed.

Example

var net = require('net');

var serverCloseEvent = 0;
var server = net.createServer();
var port = 80;

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  server.on('close', function() {
    serverCloseEvent++;
  });
});

Event: ‘connection(socket)’

• callback {Function}
  • socket {Net.Socket}

Emitted when new connection is established.

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 80;

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  var msg = '';
  socket.on('data', function(data) {
    msg += data;
  });

});

Event: ‘error’

• callback {Function}

Emitted when an error occurs.

Example

var assert = require('assert');
var net = require('net');

var port = 80;
var msg = 'Hello IoT.js';
var server = net.createServer();

/* ... */

server.on('error', function() {
  assert.fail();
  server.close();
});

Event: ‘listening’

• callback {Function}

Emitted when server has been started listening.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 80;

var server = net.createServer(
  {
    allowHalfOpen: true
  },
  function(socket) {
    server.close();
  }
);

server.listen(port);

server.on('listening', function() {
    console.log('started listening');
});

Class: net.Socket

This object is an abstraction of a TCP or a local socket. net.Socket inherits from Stream.Duplex. They can be created by the user (used as a client with connect()) or by the IoT.js engine (passed to the user through the ‘connection’ event of a server).

new net.Socket([options])

• options {Object} An optional object which specifies the socket information.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Construct a new socket object. The options object specifies only the following information: allowHalfOpen {boolean}.

Example

var net = require('net');

var socket = new net.Socket();

socket.connect(options[, connectListener])

• options {Object} An object which specifies the connection information.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connect' event.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Creates a new socket object and automatically connects with the supplied options.

The options object specifies following information:

• port {number} Port connect to (required).
• host {string} Host connect to (optional, Default: localhost).
• family {number} Version of IP stack.

The connectionListener is automatically registered as a 'connect' event listener which will be emitted when the connection is established.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 22702;

var socket = new net.Socket();

socket.connect({port: port, family: 4}, function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

socket.connect(port[, host][, connectListener])

• port {number} Port the client should connect to.
• host {string} Host the client should connect to. Default: localhost.
• connectListener {Function} Listener for the 'connect' event.
• Returns {net.Socket}.

Creates a new socket and automatically connects with the supplied port and host.

connectionListener is automatically registered as a 'connect' event listener which will be emitted when the connection is established.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 80;

var socket = new net.Socket();

socket.connect(port, '127.0.0.1', function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

socket.destroy()

Ensures that no more I/O activity happens on the socket and destroys the socket as soon as possible.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 80;

var socket = new net.Socket();

socket.connect(port, '127.0.0.1', function() {
  socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
});

/* ... */

socket.destroy();

socket.end([data][, callback])

• data {Buffer

  string}

• callback {Function}

Half-closes the socket. The socket is no longer writable. If data is given it is equivalent to socket.write(data) followed by socket.end().

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 4010;

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  socket.on('data', function(data) {
    socket.end('Hello IoT.js');
  });
});

socket.pause()

Pauses reading data.

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 4010;

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {

  // as soon as connection established, pause the socket
  socket.pause();
});

socket.resume()

Resumes reading data after a call to pause().

Example

var net = require('net');
var timers = require('timers');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 80;

var socket = new net.Socket();
var msg = "";

/* ... */

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  socket.on('data', function(data) {
    msg += data;
    socket.end();
  });
  socket.on('close', function() {
    server.close();
  });

  // as soon as connection established, pause the socket
  socket.pause();

  // resume after 2 secs
  timers.setTimeout(function() {
    socket.resume();
  }, 2000);
});

socket.setKeepAlive([enable][, initialDelay])

• enable {boolean} Default: false.
• initialDelay {number} **Default:** 0`.

Enables or disables keep-alive functionality.

Example

var net = require('net');

var keepalive_sock = new net.Socket();

keepalive_sock.setKeepAlive(true, 1000);

socket.setTimeout(timeout[, callback])

• timeout {number} Timeout number.
• callback {Function} Registered as a 'timeout' event listener.

Sets timeout for the socket.

If the socket is inactive for timeout milliseconds, 'timeout' event will emit.

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 40;
var timeout = 2000;
var msg = '';

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  socket.setTimeout(timeout, function() {
    socket.end();
  });
});

socket.write(data[, callback])

• data {Buffer

  string} Data to write.

• callback {Function} Executed function (when the data is finally written out).

Sends data on the socket.

The optional callback function will be called after the given data is flushed through the connection.

Example

var net = require('net');
var timers = require('timers');

var writeat = 1000;

var socket = new net.Socket();

/* ... */

socket.on('connect', function() {
  timers.setTimeout(function() {
    socket.write('Hello IoT.js');
  }, writeat);
});

Event: ‘connect’

• callback {Function}

Emitted after connection is established.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 80;

var count = 40;

/* ... */

for (var i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
  (function(i) {
    var socket = new net.Socket();

    socket.connect(port, "localhost");
    socket.on('connect', function() {
      socket.end(i.toString());
    });

    /* ... */

  })(i);
}

Event: ‘close’

• callback {Function}

Emitted when the socket has been closed.

Example

var net = require('net');

var server = net.createServer();
var port = 80;

server.listen(port);

server.on('connection', function(socket) {

  /* ... */

  socket.on('close', function() {
    server.close();
  });
});

Event: ‘data’

• callback {Function}

The data is given an argument (data: Buffer

string).

Emitted when data is received from the connection.

Example

var net = require('net');

var msg = "";

var socket = new net.Socket();

/* ... */

socket.on('data', function(data) {
  msg += data;
});

Event: ‘drain’

• callback {Function}

Emitted when the write buffer becomes empty.

Example

var net = require('net');

var port = 22703;
var limit = 200;
var server = net.createServer();

server.listen({ port: port });

/* ... */

server.on('connection', function(socket) {
  var i = 0;
  var writing = function() {
    var ok;
    do {
      ok = socket.write("" + (i % 10));
      if (++i == limit) {
        socket.end();
        ok = false;
      }
    } while (ok);
  };
  socket.on('drain', writing);
  writing();
});

Event: ‘end’

• callback {Function}

Emitted when FIN packet received.

Example

var net = require('net');

var socket = new net.Socket();

/* ... */

socket.on('end', function() {
  socket.end();
});

Event: ‘error’

• callback {Function}
  • err {Error}

Emitted when an error occurs.

Example

var assert = require('assert');
var net = require('net');

var bad_sock = new net.Socket();
bad_sock.on('error', function(err){
  assert.equal(err instanceof Error, true);
});

Event: ‘lookup’

• callback {Function}
  • err {Error}
  • address {string}

  • family {string

    null}

Emitted after resolving hostname.

Example

var socket = new net.Socket();
var msg = "";
var lookupHandled = false;

socket.on('lookup', function(err, ip, family) {
  lookupHandled = true;
});

Event: ‘timeout’

• callback {Function}`

Emitted when the connection remains idle for the specified timeout.

Example

var net = require('net');

var timedout = false;

// Try connect to host that is not exist (Reserved address)
var socket = net.createConnection(11111, '192.0.2.1');

socket.setTimeout(1000);

socket.on('timeout', function() {
  timedout = true;
  socket.destroy();
});