capacitor-websockets 🔌

Simple WebSockets client and server for the Capacitor framework. It's only a really basic implementation with some caveats. If you find any bugs or have improvements create an issue or pull request.

Install

npm install capacitor-websockets
npx cap sync

API

• startServer(...)
• startClient(...)
• stop()
• sendMessage(...)
• addListener('onOpen', ...)
• addListener('onClose', ...)
• addListener('onMessage', ...)
• addListener('onError', ...)
• Interfaces

startServer(...)

startServer(options?: StartOptions | undefined) => Promise<{ port: number; }>

Param	Type
options	StartOptions

Returns: Promise<{ port: number; }>

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startClient(...)

startClient(options?: ClientOptions | undefined) => Promise<{ url: string; }>

Param	Type
options	ClientOptions

Returns: Promise<{ url: string; }>

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stop()

stop() => Promise<void>

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sendMessage(...)

sendMessage(options?: MessageData | undefined) => Promise<void>

Param	Type
options	MessageData

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addListener('onOpen', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'onOpen', listenerFunc: (connection: SocketData) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Param	Type
eventName	'onOpen'
listenerFunc	(connection: SocketData) => void

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

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addListener('onClose', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'onClose', listenerFunc: (data: CloseData) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Param	Type
eventName	'onClose'
listenerFunc	(data: CloseData) => void

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

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addListener('onMessage', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'onMessage', listenerFunc: (data: MessageData) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Param	Type
eventName	'onMessage'
listenerFunc	(data: MessageData) => void

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

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addListener('onError', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'onError', listenerFunc: (data: CloseData) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Param	Type
eventName	'onError'
listenerFunc	(data: CloseData) => void

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

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Interfaces

StartOptions

Prop	Type
port	number

ClientOptions

Prop	Type
url	string

MessageData

Prop	Type
connection	SocketData
message	string

SocketData

Prop	Type
ip	string
host	number

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => Promise<void>

CloseData

Prop	Type
connection	SocketData
error	string