ws-router

This repository contains a node application that acts as a websocket router, whose purpose it to forward any message it receives on ip:port/push to any client connected to ip:port:/subscribe.

Pre-requisites

Node
npm

Install

Clone the repository, checkout a release tag and install the package locally or globally (-g) with

    npm [-g] install

Usage

Start the application through npm

    npm start

or with node

    node app.js

The websocket router will be listening for connections on port 3000 (default).

You can change router's port and transport by setting the following environment parameters prior to starting it:

SERVE_AT : Port where https or http server will be located
SERVE_HTTPS: Starts https server instead of http (requires key and ceritificate)

Routing data

The point of this simple server is to forward data to all the clients that are subscribed to the service.

If you want to receive data, connect to the subscribe route:

ws://<server_ip>:<server_port>/subscribe

If you want to share data, send messages to the push route:

ws://<server_ip>:<server_port>/push

Messages arriving at /push will be forwarded to all clients.

Running on Docker

A multi-architecture image is available from dockerhub's registry pfigs/ws-router.

Run the server on port 3000 (default) by calling the convenience script

   ./container/run.sh

You can set a different port by specifying it as an argument to the script's call

   ./container/run.sh <port number>