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test if the connection can be established with the given host and port
Test to check if the connection can be established or host/port reachable for a given host and port. Useful for testing all the connection in your node application at server startup.
const connectionTester = require('connection-tester');
connectionTester.test(
'www.yahoo.com', // host
80, // port
1000, // connection timeout
(err, output) => {
console.log(output);
}
);
connectionTester.test(
'api.paypal.com', // host
443, // port
1000, // connection timeout
(err, output) => {
console.log(output);
}
);
const connectionTester = require('connection-tester');
console.log(connectionTester.test('www.yahoo.com', 80, 1000));
console.log(connectionTester.test('api.paypal.com', 443, 1000));
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test if the connection can be established with the given host and port
We found that connection-tester demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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