WebSockets below the hood with Node.js

// script.js
const wsUri = "ws://localhost:3000";
const outputDiv = doc.getElementById("output");
const messageInput = doc.getElementById("message");
const sendButton = doc.getElementById("send-btn");

let websocket;

perform join() {
    websocket = new WebSocket(wsUri);

    websocket.onopen = perform (occasion) {
        outputDiv.innerHTML += "
Linked to server!
";
    };

    websocket.onmessage = perform (occasion) {
        const receivedMessage = occasion.knowledge;
        outputDiv.innerHTML += "
Acquired: " + receivedMessage + "
";
    };

    websocket.onerror = perform (occasion) {
        outputDiv.innerHTML += "
Error: " + occasion.error + "
";
    };

    websocket.onclose = perform (occasion) {
        outputDiv.innerHTML += "
Connection closed.
";
    };
}

sendButton.addEventListener("click on", perform () {
    const message = messageInput.worth;
    if (websocket && websocket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
        websocket.ship(message);
        messageInput.worth = "";
    } else {
        outputDiv.innerHTML += "
Error: Connection not open.
";
    }
});

join(); // Join instantly

This script units up a number of occasion handlers utilizing the browser-native API. We begin up the WebSocket as quickly because the script is loaded and look ahead to open, onclose, onmessage, and onerror occasions. Each appends its updates to the DOM. Crucial one is onmessage, the place we settle for the message from the server and show it.

The Click on handler on the button itself takes the enter typed in by the person (messageInput.worth) and makes use of the WebSocket object to ship it to the server with the ship() perform. Then we reset the worth of the enter to a clean string.

Assuming the again finish remains to be working and accessible at ws://localhost:3000, we are able to now run the entrance finish. We will use http-server as a easy method to run the entrance finish. It’s a easy method to host static recordsdata in an internet server, akin to Python’s http module or Java’s Easy Internet Server, however for Node. It may be put in as a world NPM package deal or just run with npx, from the consumer listing: