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@matrixai/ws
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WebSocket library for TypeScript/JavaScript applications.
This is built on top of the ws library, providing a multiplexed WebStreams API on top of WebSocket.
npm install --save @matrixai/ws
To use WebSocketClient in a browser environment, you will need to polyfill:
A good choice for a buffer polyfill is feross/buffer
To polyfill perf_hooks, you can alias the perf_hooks using your bundler of choice with a file containing the following code:
const { performance } = globalThis;
export { performance };
Run nix develop, and once you're inside, you can use:
# install (or reinstall packages from package.json)
npm install
# build the dist
npm run build
# run the repl (this allows you to import from ./src)
npm run tsx
# run the tests
npm run test
# lint the source code
npm run lint
# automatically fix the source
npm run lintfix
npm run docs
See the docs at: https://matrixai.github.io/js-ws/
# npm login
npm version patch # major/minor/patch
npm run build
npm publish --access public
git push
git push --tags
js-ws is licensed under Apache-2.0, you may read the terms of the license here.
FAQs
WebSocket Streaming Wrapper
We found that @matrixai/ws demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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