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better-abstractsocket
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A Node.js module for abstract Unix domain sockets on Linux and macOS.
better-abstractsocket is a Node.js module designed to create and manipulate abstract Unix domain sockets. It only supports Linux and macOS systems. This module encapsulates low - level socket operations, providing developers with a more convenient interface to create and manage abstract sockets.
socket), bind addresses (bind), connect to sockets (connect), and close sockets (close).pnpm install better-abstractsocket
import AbstractSocket from 'better-abstractsocket';
const server = new AbstractSocket.Server();
server.listen('better-abstractsocket-example', () => {
console.log('Server is listening on better-abstractsocket-example');
});
import { createConnection } from 'better-abstractsocket';
const socket = createConnection('better-abstractsocket-example', () => {
console.log('Connected to abstract socket');
});
AbstractSocket.ServerInherits from net.Server and provides the listen method to listen on an abstract socket.
createConnectionUsed to create a connection to a specified abstract socket.
supportedA boolean value indicating whether the current environment supports the better-abstractsocket module.
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A Node.js module for abstract Unix domain sockets on Linux and macOS.
We found that better-abstractsocket demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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