README.md

socket-test

Test websocket servers

Setup

yarn

nginx

Ubuntu Xenial

https://certbot.eff.org/#ubuntuxenial-nginx

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-certbot-nginx

sudo certbot --nginx

Add websockets info from nginx.txt, (replace 👾 with your DOMAIN)

Running

yarn run twitter Sends live tweets filtered by keyword (must rename credentials.js.template to credentials.js)

yarn run stocks Random float pushed at a specific interval

Receiving example

vanilla js (browser)

var socket = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:5555")
socket.onmessage = function(event) {
  console.log(event.data)
}

most.js

import {fromWebSocket} from "most-w3msg"
/* const WebSocket = require('ws') // needed for node, but not browser */
const socket = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:5555')
const ws$ = fromWebSocket(socket, socket.close.bind(socket))
ws$.observe(packet => console.log(packet.data))