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Nope, there is actually a core API for dealing with raw sockets in NodeJS : https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_class_net_socket https://nodejs.org/api/net.html
by netgusto 10y ago
Nope, there is actually a core API for dealing with raw sockets in NodeJS : https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_class_net_socket https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_class_net_socket
Pretty straightforward to use, at that :
const net = require('net');
const client = new net.Socket();
client.connect(port, host, function() {
client.write("hello !");
});
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- wfunction 10y agoInteresting, thanks! So what is the benefit of WebSockets?!
- gbuk2013 10y agoWhat this Node module offers is not raw sockets - let's not spread misinformation. ;) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_socket https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_socket It does not even offer real access to a TCP socket, for example you can't set any options or flags in the TCP header of a packet. All that it provides is a way to open a socket and send / receive data. Very useful, but not a raw socket.
- netgusto 10y agoI stand corrected. Smarter every day they say !
- derhuerst 10y agoyup, the core `socket` module in Node.js is meant for that.
- gbuk2013 10y agoWrong again - the socket module does not give you raw sockets. If you were loo lazy to read the Wikipedia link I suggest you reconsider and educate yourself on the subject.
- derhuerst 10y agoyou're right, i was wrong, there is no core `socket` module (anymore?). but you were not right either. node core can only tell if a file is a socket, but not read from it, at least that's what the docs say. for people interested in this: https://github.com/santigimeno/node-unix-stream https://github.com/santigimeno/node-unix-stream
- gbuk2013 10y agoWrong again. What I said was that there was no native module in Node that would give you _raw socket_ access. And there isn't. Period. The thing you linked to doesn't either. Jeez ... :(