WebsocketBot

This is a simple server built on Node.js, Express and Typescript (Javascript) that demonstrates the use of Websockets, Express and Typescript on the backend.

It acts as a simple bot named Byte that can perform simple actions like

• Telling you his name
• Telling you the time
• Telling you a simple fact

Getting started!

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes

Prerequisites

• Git Download here
• NPM and Node.js Download here

Installation

• Install git, and the node.js on your local machine.
• Create a folder anywhere you wish on your local machine
• Open a command prompt in that folder and run
• run git clone to clone the project
• open the project folder location and run npm install
• then run npm start to start the server
• open your browser and navigate to http://localhost to ensure the server is running
• open a command prompt and type ipconfig to get your IPv4 Address.
• Grab any Websocket client of your choice and connect to ws://{ipv4address}?deviceId={any random string} e.g ws://10.3.1.160?deviceId=686a603d-f287-4c06-8369-3f116d1aa724

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file