SockSugar

SockSugar is a rather simple library to simplify working with WebSockets. It makes WebSockets work somewhat like regular HTTP requests.

Usage

Requests

Requests resemble HTTP requests, where the client send data to the server and wait for a response.

On the server side:

var SockSugar = require("socksugar");

var server = new SockSugar({
    port: 8081
});

server.on("connection", function(socket) {
    console.log("Connection!");

    socket.on("request", function(req) {
        console.log("Request for "+req.url);
        console.log(req.data);

        req.respond({
            msg: "No."
        });
    });
});

On the client side:

var sock = new SockSugar("ws://example.com");

sock.on("ready", function() {
    sock.send("hi", {
        msg: "Hi!"
    }, function(err, data) {
        console.log(data);
    }
});

The server side console will say:

Connection!
Request for hi
{ msg: 'Hi!' }

The client side console will say:

{ msg: 'No.' }

Events

Unlike HTTP, the server can push data to the client. Here’s a simple example, where writing something in the console will emitt an event to all connected clients and displayed with alert().

On the server side:

var SockSugar = require("socksugar");

var server = new SockSugar({
    port: 8081
});

process.stdin.on("data", function(data) {
    var str = data.toString("utf8");

    server.socks.forEach(function(sock) {
        sock.send("myEvent", {
            msg: str
        });
    });
});

On the client side:

var sock = new SockSugar("ws://example.com");

sock.on("myEvent", function(data) {
    alert(data.msg);
});