Openspace

Open files, web sites, executables via web sockets middleware.

Install

npm i openspace --save

Client

Could be loaded from url /openspace/openspace.js.

const prefix = '/openspace';

/* could be one argument: callback */
openspace(prefix, function(opener) {
    const path = 'hello.js';
    const end  = () => {
        console.log('end');
        opener.removeListener('end', end);
    };
    
    opener.open(from, to, names);
    
    opener.on('end', end);
    opener.on('error', (error) => {
        console.error(error.message);
    });
});

Server

const openspace = require('openspace');
const http = require('http');
const express = require('express');
const io = require('socket.io');
const app = express();
const port = 1337;
const server = http.createServer(app);
const socket = io.listen(server);

server.listen(port);

app.use(openspace({
    online: true
});

openspace.listen(socket, {
    prefix: '/openspace',   /* default              */
    root: '/',              /* string or function   */
    authCheck: (socket, ok) => { /* optional        */
        /* auth check logic */
        ok();
    }
});

License

MIT