wsl

a simple tool for piping things into a websocket

it keeps an in-memory buffer of sent information and replays it when new clients connect

install

npm install --global wsl

usage

cat file.txt | wsl
node index.js | wsl --port 3033

by default, wsl broadcasts on port 43110 (i.e. port hello).

recieving

var ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:43110')
ws.onmessage = function(e){
    console.log(e.data)
}

help

~/P/s/wsl ❯ wsl --help
Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]
  --binary   Pipe contents as binary websockets                        [boolean]
  --port     Listen on particular port                          [default: 43110]

apps

well there aren't any yet but this is meant to make them easy to make