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An example of socket.io
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/*** | |
/* Example by Viktor Hundahl Strate | |
*/ | |
// The server stored in the variable 'app', with the function on line 12 called 'handler' | |
var app = require("http").createServer(handler), | |
// Imports the socket.io in the folder 'node_modules' | |
io = require("socket.io").listen(app), | |
// Imports the file server | |
fs = require("fs"); | |
// Starts the server on port '8000' | |
app.listen(8000); | |
// Handler is called when somone joins the server, and it shows the 'index.html' file, to the user. | |
function handler(req, res){ | |
// Reads the file 'index.html' | |
fs.readFile("index.html", function (err, data){ | |
// Sets the response code to 200 aka OK | |
res.writeHead(200); | |
// Sends the data from the 'index.html' file to the user. | |
res.end(data); | |
}) | |
} | |
// When somone connects to the server it gets called | |
io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){ | |
// Sends out some data with the name 'news' | |
socket.emit('news', {hello: "world"}); | |
// Waits to somone sends out some data with the name 'back', | |
// and when it happends get the data | |
socket.on('back', function(data){ | |
// logs out the data in the console | |
console.log(data); | |
}); | |
}); |
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