c++node.jswebsocketpoco

Changing the port of a node.js websocket server


I want to create a server listening for conections from standard websockets and socket.io websockets. Separately I can make them work just on the 3000 port but if both listen on that port then it just does not work, the standard websockets throw a lot of errors, so I was trying to make them listen on different ports, the socket.io (With an express server) on port 3000 and the standard websockets on 4000:

const express = require('express');
const http = require('http');
const WebSocket = require('ws');
const socketIO = require('socket.io');

const app = express()

const expresServer = http.createServer(app);

// Create socket.io instance and attach it to express
const io = socketIO(expresServer);

// Create websocket server on port 3000
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 4000 });

// WS connections:
wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
  console.log('Nuevo cliente WebSocket conectado');

  ws.on('message', (message) => {
    console.log(`Recibido mensaje de WebSocket: ${message}`);

    wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
      if (client.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
        client.send(`Hola, recibí tu mensaje de WebSocket: ${message}`);
      }
    });
  });

  // Register diconect
  ws.on('close', () => {
    console.log('Cliente WebSocket desconectado');
  });
});

// Socket.io connections:
io.on('connection', (socket) => {
  console.log('Nuevo cliente Socket.io conectado');

  socket.on('message', (message) => {
    console.log(`Recibido mensaje de Socket.io: ${message}`);
    io.emit('message', `Hola, recibí tu mensaje de Socket.io: ${message}`);
  });

  // Register diconect
  socket.on('disconnect', () => {
    console.log('Cliente Socket.io desconectado');
  });
});

// Launch Express server on 3000
expresServer.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Express server listening on 3000');
});

But when I try to connect with POCO C++ to the standard websockets it gives a Net Exception now. I just changed the port so I do not know why it does not work. I never opened the 3000 port so there is no reason to open 4000, is it?

This is the C++ client to connect with POCO C++:

#include "Poco/Net/HTTPRequest.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPResponse.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPMessage.h"
#include "Poco/Net/WebSocket.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPClientSession.h"
#include <iostream>

using Poco::Net::HTTPClientSession;
using Poco::Net::HTTPRequest;
using Poco::Net::HTTPResponse;
using Poco::Net::HTTPMessage;
using Poco::Net::WebSocket;


int main(int args,char **argv)
{
    HTTPClientSession cs("192.168.50.122",4000);
    HTTPRequest request(HTTPRequest::HTTP_GET, "/?encoding=text",HTTPMessage::HTTP_1_1);
    request.set("origin", "Cliente");
    HTTPResponse response;

    try {

        WebSocket* m_psock = new WebSocket(cs, request, response);

        std::string text = "Hello, world!";

        auto len = m_psock->sendFrame(text.c_str(), text.length(), WebSocket::FRAME_TEXT);

        int flags=0;
        char receiveBuff[256];
        int rlen=m_psock->receiveFrame(receiveBuff,256,flags);
        std::cout << receiveBuff << std::endl;

        m_psock->close();
        delete m_psock;

    } catch (std::exception &e) {
        std::cout << "Exception " << e.what();
    }
}

Solution

  • This is how I made it work:

    import { createServer } from "http";
    import { Server } from "socket.io";
    
    const server = createServer();
    const server1 = createServer();
    const io = new Server(server, {
      // options
    });
    const io1 = new Server(server1, {
      // options
    });
    
    const sockets = [io, io1];
    
    sockets.forEach((socket) => {
      socket.on("connection", (clientSocket) => {
        // ...
      });
    });
    
    server.listen(3000, () => console.log("listening on port 3000"));
    server1.listen(4000, () => console.log("listening on port 4000"));
    

    This was a try, so you can rename all variables for better programming experience.

    For import to work, you need to add "type": "module", to package.json, or convert to commonjs/require.