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engine.io | SockJS | |
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3 | 2 | |
4,586 | 2,087 | |
0.3% | 0.1% | |
6.2 | 3.9 | |
29 days ago | 6 months ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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engine.io
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We Improved Reliability of Our WebSocket Connections
Ah, yep, that explains it.
They do solve this problem as documented: https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/blob/64d57545116c7a7d9...
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socket.io-client dosnt work
Try engine.io (https://github.com/socketio/engine.io) which will eventually be merged in Socket.io.
SockJS
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WebSockets and Node.js - testing WS and SockJS by building a web app
SockJS is a library that mimics the native WebSockets API. Additionally, it will fall back to HTTP whenever a WebSocket fails to connect, or if the browser being used doesn’t support WebSockets. Like WS, SockJS requires a server counterpart; its maintainers provide both a JavaScript client library and a Node.js server library.
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Top WebSocket libraries for Node.js in 2022
SockJS is a JavaScript library that provides communication between the client and the server in a way similar to the native WebSockets API. SockJS functions with a server counterpart in the form of sockjs-node and SockJS-client, a JavaScript client library.
What are some alternatives?
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Socket.io - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
Aedes - Barebone MQTT broker that can run on any stream server, the node way
SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework
socket.io-client - Realtime application framework (client)
Primus - :zap: Primus, the creator god of the transformers & an abstraction layer for real-time to prevent module lock-in.
deepstream.io - deepstream.io server
morpheus-graphql - Haskell GraphQL Api, Client and Tools
Faye - Simple pub/sub messaging for the web
Straw - Realtime processing framework for Node.js