Networking examples with node.js

A simple Telnet Chat

var sockets = [];
var nicks = 1;

var s = net.Server(function(socket) {
    sockets.push(socket);
    socket.nickname = nicks++;
    socket.write('Welcome to telnet-chat!\n');

    socket.on('data', function(d) {
        for (var i=0; i
<
sockets.length; i++) {
            sockets[i].write(socket.nickname+":\t "+d);
        }    
    });
    socket.on('end', function() {
        var i = sockets.indexOf(socket);
        sockets.splice(i, 1);
    });
}).listen(8000);

Working with TCP

A simple tcp based chat server

// Load the TCP Library

net = require('net');

// Keep track of the chat clients
var clients = [];

// Start a TCP Server
net.createServer(function (socket) {

  // Identify this client
  socket.name = socket.remoteAddress + ":" + socket.remotePort 

  // Put this new client in the list
  clients.push(socket);

  // Send a nice welcome message and announce
  socket.write("Welcome " + socket.name + "\n");
  broadcast(socket.name + " joined the chat\n", socket);

  // Handle incoming messages from clients.
  socket.on('data', function (data) {
    broadcast(socket.name + "
>
 " + data, socket);
  });

  // Remove the client from the list when it leaves
  socket.on('end', function () {
    clients.splice(clients.indexOf(socket), 1);
    broadcast(socket.name + " left the chat.\n");
  });

  // Send a message to all clients
  function broadcast(message, sender) {
    clients.forEach(function (client) {
      // Don't want to send it to sender
      if (client === sender) return;
      client.write(message);
    });
    // Log it to the server output too
    process.stdout.write(message)
  }

}).listen(5000);

// Put a friendly message on the terminal of the server.
console.log("Chat server running at port 5000\n");