nodejs-longpoll-udp

Longpoll server that listens to UDP dgrams in realtime (concept)

prerequirements:

• npm (https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm)
• netcat (for windows you can use for example https://github.com/diegocr/netcat)

usage

git clone https://github.com/denisix/nodejs-longpoll-udp
cd nodejs-longpoll-udp
npm install
npm start

then open http://localhost:8080 in your browser

start netcat in your linux console and connect to this udp server (netcat should be installed to be able to do this):

nc -u 127.0.0.1 500

type something + Enter and you will see the result in your browser

files

server.js - the main program to check the concept (server-side)
index.html - this file will be provided to browser (client-side)
jquery-1.5.min.js - jquery library to make life easier

dependencies

• express-longpoll - long-poll nodejs plugin from https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-longpoll
• hexdump - client-side rendering plugin from http://mephux.github.io/hexdump.js/