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diff --git a/node_modules/ws/README.md b/node_modules/ws/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..93106d7a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/ws/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@ +# ws: a node.js websocket library + +[](https://travis-ci.org/websockets/ws) + +`ws` is a simple to use WebSocket implementation, up-to-date against RFC-6455, +and [probably the fastest WebSocket library for node.js][archive]. + +Passes the quite extensive Autobahn test suite. See http://websockets.github.com/ws +for the full reports. + +## Protocol support + +* **Hixie draft 76** (Old and deprecated, but still in use by Safari and Opera. + Added to ws version 0.4.2, but server only. Can be disabled by setting the + `disableHixie` option to true.) +* **HyBi drafts 07-12** (Use the option `protocolVersion: 8`) +* **HyBi drafts 13-17** (Current default, alternatively option `protocolVersion: 13`) + +### Installing + +``` +npm install --save ws +``` + +### Opt-in for performance + +There are 2 optional modules that can be installed along side with the `ws` +module. These modules are binary addons which improve certain operations, but as +they are binary addons they require compilation which can fail if no c++ +compiler is installed on the host system. + +- `npm install --save bufferutil`: Improves internal buffer operations which + allows for faster processing of masked WebSocket frames and general buffer + operations. +- `npm install --save utf-8-validate`: The specification requires validation of + invalid UTF-8 chars, some of these validations could not be done in JavaScript + hence the need for a binary addon. In most cases you will already be + validating the input that you receive for security purposes leading to double + validation. But if you want to be 100% spec-conforming and have fast + validation of UTF-8 then this module is a must. + +### Sending and receiving text data + +```js +var WebSocket = require('ws'); +var ws = new WebSocket('ws://www.host.com/path'); + +ws.on('open', function open() { + ws.send('something'); +}); + +ws.on('message', function(data, flags) { + // flags.binary will be set if a binary data is received. + // flags.masked will be set if the data was masked. +}); +``` + +### Sending binary data + +```js +var WebSocket = require('ws'); +var ws = new WebSocket('ws://www.host.com/path'); + +ws.on('open', function open() { + var array = new Float32Array(5); + + for (var i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) { + array[i] = i / 2; + } + + ws.send(array, { binary: true, mask: true }); +}); +``` + +Setting `mask`, as done for the send options above, will cause the data to be +masked according to the WebSocket protocol. The same option applies for text +data. + +### Server example + +```js +var WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server + , wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: 8080 }); + +wss.on('connection', function connection(ws) { + ws.on('message', function incoming(message) { + console.log('received: %s', message); + }); + + ws.send('something'); +}); +``` + +### ExpressJS example + +```js +var server = require('http').createServer() + , url = require('url') + , WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server + , wss = new WebSocketServer({ server: server }) + , express = require('express') + , app = express() + , port = 4080; + +app.use(function (req, res) { + res.send({ msg: "hello" }); +}); + +wss.on('connection', function connection(ws) { + var location = url.parse(ws.upgradeReq.url, true); + // you might use location.query.access_token to authenticate or share sessions + // or ws.upgradeReq.headers.cookie (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/16395220/151312) + + ws.on('message', function incoming(message) { + console.log('received: %s', message); + }); + + ws.send('something'); +}); + +server.on('request', app); +server.listen(port, function () { console.log('Listening on ' + server.address().port) }); +``` + +### Server sending broadcast data + +```js +var WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server + , wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: 8080 }); + +wss.broadcast = function broadcast(data) { + wss.clients.forEach(function each(client) { + client.send(data); + }); +}; +``` + +### Error handling best practices + +```js +// If the WebSocket is closed before the following send is attempted +ws.send('something'); + +// Errors (both immediate and async write errors) can be detected in an optional +// callback. The callback is also the only way of being notified that data has +// actually been sent. +ws.send('something', function ack(error) { + // if error is not defined, the send has been completed, + // otherwise the error object will indicate what failed. +}); + +// Immediate errors can also be handled with try/catch-blocks, but **note** that +// since sends are inherently asynchronous, socket write failures will *not* be +// captured when this technique is used. +try { ws.send('something'); } +catch (e) { /* handle error */ } +``` + +### echo.websocket.org demo + +```js +var WebSocket = require('ws'); +var ws = new WebSocket('ws://echo.websocket.org/', { + protocolVersion: 8, + origin: 'http://websocket.org' +}); + +ws.on('open', function open() { + console.log('connected'); + ws.send(Date.now().toString(), {mask: true}); +}); + +ws.on('close', function close() { + console.log('disconnected'); +}); + +ws.on('message', function message(data, flags) { + console.log('Roundtrip time: ' + (Date.now() - parseInt(data)) + 'ms', flags); + + setTimeout(function timeout() { + ws.send(Date.now().toString(), {mask: true}); + }, 500); +}); +``` + +### Other examples + +For a full example with a browser client communicating with a ws server, see the +examples folder. + +Note that the usage together with Express 3.0 is quite different from Express +2.x. The difference is expressed in the two different serverstats-examples. + +Otherwise, see the test cases. + +### Running the tests + +``` +make test +``` + +## API Docs + +See [`/doc/ws.md`](https://github.com/websockets/ws/blob/master/doc/ws.md) for Node.js-like docs for the ws classes. + +## Changelog + +We're using the GitHub [`releases`](https://github.com/websockets/ws/releases) for changelog entries. + +## License + +(The MIT License) + +Copyright (c) 2011 Einar Otto Stangvik <einaros@gmail.com> + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining +a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the +'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including +without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, +distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to +permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to +the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be +included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY +CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, +TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE +SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + +[archive]: http://web.archive.org/web/20130314230536/http://hobbycoding.posterous.com/the-fastest-websocket-module-for-nodejs |