// script.js const wsUri = "ws://localhost:3000"; const outputDiv = doc.getElementById("output"); const messageInput = doc.getElementById("message"); const sendButton = doc.getElementById("send-btn"); let websocket; operate join() { websocket = new WebSocket(wsUri); websocket.onopen = operate (occasion) { outputDiv.innerHTML += "Linked to server!
"; }; websocket.onmessage = operate (occasion) { const receivedMessage = occasion.knowledge; outputDiv.innerHTML += "Acquired: " + receivedMessage + "
"; }; websocket.onerror = operate (occasion) { outputDiv.innerHTML += "Error: " + occasion.error + "
"; }; websocket.onclose = operate (occasion) { outputDiv.innerHTML += "Connection closed.
"; }; } sendButton.addEventListener("click on", operate () { const message = messageInput.worth; if (websocket && websocket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) { websocket.ship(message); messageInput.worth = ""; } else { outputDiv.innerHTML += "Error: Connection not open.
"; } }); join(); // Join instantly This script units up a number of occasion handlers utilizing the browser-native API. We begin up the WebSocket as quickly because the script is loaded and look ahead to open, onclose, onmessage, and onerror occasions. Each appends its updates to the DOM. An important one is onmessage, the place we settle for the message from the server and show it.
The Click on handler on the button itself takes the enter typed in by the person (messageInput.worth) and makes use of the WebSocket object to ship it to the server with the ship() operate. Then we reset the worth of the enter to a clean string.
Assuming the again finish remains to be operating and obtainable at ws://localhost:3000, we are able to now run the entrance finish. We will use http-server as a easy method to run the entrance finish. It’s a easy method to host static recordsdata in an internet server, akin to Python’s http module or Java’s Easy Net Server, however for Node. It may be put in as a worldwide NPM package deal or just run with npx, from the consumer listing:
