WebSocket

The WebSocket v13 client implementation module, which is compatible with WebSocket-Node.

Example

var WebSocketClient = require('websocket').client;
var client = new WebSocketClient();

client.on('connectFailed', function(error) {
    console.log('Connect Error: ' + error.toString());
});

client.on('connect', function(connection) {
  console.log('WebSocket Client Connected');
  connection.on('error', function(error) {
    console.log("Connection Error: " + error.toString());
  });
  connection.on('close', function() {
    console.log('echo-protocol Connection Closed');
  });
  connection.on('message', function(message) {
    if (message.type === 'utf8') {
      console.log("Received: '" + message.utf8Data + "'");
    }
  });
  
  function sendNumber() {
    if (connection.connected) {
      var number = Math.round(Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF);
      connection.sendUTF(number.toString());
      setTimeout(sendNumber, 1000);
    }
  }
  sendNumber();
});

client.connect('ws://localhost:8080/', 'echo-protocol');

Class: WebSocketClient

var WebSocketClient = require('websocket').client;

new WebSocketClient()

Creates a new WebSocket client.

client.connect(url, protocol)

• url {String} the url to connect.
• protocol {String} the websocket sub protocol param.

Event 'connect'

• connection {WebSocketConnection} the returned connection object.

Emitted on successful (re)connection (i.e. connack rc=0).

Event 'connectFailed'

Emitted when a connection is failed.

Class: WebSocketConnection

connection.sendUTF(data)

• data {String

  Buffer} the data to send as a text frame.

Send a text frame.

connection.sendBytes(data)

• data {Buffer} the data to send as a binary frame.

Send a binary frame.

Event 'message'

• frame {Object} the received frame object.
  • type {String} utf8 or binary.
  • utf8Data {String} the data when type is utf8.
  • binaryData {Buffer} the data when type is binary.

Event 'close'

Emitted when connection is close.

Error 'error'

• err {Error} the error.

Emitted when an error occurs.

Client Example using the W3C WebSocket API

This module supported the W3C WebSocket Standard API, see the following:

var W3CWebSocket = require('websocket').w3cwebsocket;
var client = new W3CWebSocket('ws://localhost:8080/', 'echo-protocol');

client.onerror = function() {
  console.log('Connection Error');
};

client.onopen = function() {
  console.log('WebSocket Client Connected');

  function sendNumber() {
    if (client.readyState === client.OPEN) {
      var number = Math.round(Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF);
      client.send(number.toString());
      setTimeout(sendNumber, 1000);
    }
  }
  sendNumber();
};

client.onclose = function() {
  console.log('echo-protocol Client Closed');
};

client.onmessage = function(e) {
  if (typeof e.data === 'string') {
    console.log("Received: '" + e.data + "'");
  }
};

For more detailed, please see WebSocket-Node Readme.