This library is to make it a bit easier to host a TCP socket.
npm install --save @svrooij/tcp-server
Create a server with this code.
const TcpServer = require('@svrooij/tcp-server').TcpServer const server = new TcpServer({ port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' }) server.start() server.on('textReceived', (text, remoteAddress) => { console.log('%s -> %s', remoteAddress, text) // Send something to everybody when receiving ping if(text.includes('ping')) { server.publish(`Pong, as response to message from ${remoteAddress}`); } }) server.publish('Publish message').then(success => { console.log('Message send ', success ? ' successfully' : 'failed') }) process.on('SIGINT', () => { server.stop() })
Connect to the server.
> telnet 192.168.1.20 3000 Trying 192.168.1.20... Connected to my-computer.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'.