WebSocket Server

This plugin allows you to run a single, lightweight, barebone WebSocket Server.

https://github.com/becvert/cordova-plugin-websocket-server

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Installation #

Capacitor
Cordova
Enterprise

$ npm install cordova-plugin-websocket-server 
$ npm install @ionic-native/web-socket-server 
$ ionic cap sync

Supported Platforms#

Android
iOS

Usage#

React#

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Angular#

import { WebSocketServer } from '@ionic-native/web-socket-server';

constructor(private wsserver: WebSocketServer) { }

...

// start websocket server
this.wsserver.start(8888, {}).subscribe({
  next: server => console.log(`Listening on ${server.addr}:${server.port}`),
  error: error => console.log(`Unexpected error`, error);
});

// watch for any messages
this.wsserver.watchMessage().subscribe(result => {
  console.log(`Received message ${result.msg} from ${result.conn.uuid}`);
});

// send message to connection with specified uuid
this.wsserver.send({ uuid: '8e7c4f48-de68-4b6f-8fca-1067a353968d' }, 'Hello World');

// stop websocket server
this.wsserver.stop().then(server => {
  console.log(`Stop listening on ${server.addr}:${server.port}`);
});