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Using the WebSocket Server sample bundle

The WebSocket-server sample bundle in samples/websocket-server shows how to set up a simple WebSocket server that will relay all incoming messages to all connected clients.

Prerequisites

You will need a working nodecg-io installation. If you have non yet take a look at installation guide. You may need to install this bundle, so take a look at the “Try an included sample”-Guide. It will also tell you how to log in and how to use the GUI.

Configure the websocket-server sample bundle

  1. In NodeCG, create a new ws-server service instance.

  2. Enter a port for the server. This has to be a number from 0 to 65535:

    {
    "port": 7777
}

    After entering it, click save.

  3. Set the sample's (websocket-server) dependency to be the newly created service instance (of type websocket-server).

  4. A websocket-server has been started at the specified port.