const http = require("http"); const fs = require("fs"); const path = require("path"); const url = require("url"); const websocket = require("ws"); const static_content = __dirname + "/dist/"; // Create an array to store messages in var log = [] // Initialise a simple http server to serve any static files http.createServer((req, res) => { // normalise path name to stay within a normal directory var requestUrl = url.parse(req.url); var fsPath = static_content + path.normalize(requestUrl.pathname); // automatically return the index of a directory, if its been selected if (fs.statSync(fsPath).isDirectory()) fsPath += fsPath.endsWith("/") ? "index.html" : "/index.html"; // read and send the file fs.readFile(fsPath, (err, data) => { if (err) { res.writeHead(404); res.end(JSON.stringify(err)) } else { res.writeHead(200); res.end(data); } }); }).listen(8080); // create websocket: client tracking allows us to get a set of clients so that we can send messages to each client once they appear const wss = new websocket.Server({port : 8081, clientTracking: true}); wss.on("connection", ws => { // predefine a user nickname var nick = "anon" + wss.clients.size ws.on("message", msg => { var data = JSON.parse(msg); // Ensure that nickname requirements are met before setting client's nick if (data.nickname && data.nickname.length < 24 && data.nickname.length > 0) nick = data.nickname; switch (data.event) { case "join": // send the client the requested number of messages before joining if (data.lines) log.slice(0-data.lines).forEach(l => ws.send(l)) break; case "message": // ensure that the message length requirements are met correctly if (data.content.length < 128 && data.content.length > 0) { // recreate the message object to be sent message = JSON.stringify({ event: "message", content: data.content, nickname: nick }); // send the message to the log array first log.push(message); // propogate the message to all connected clients wss.clients.forEach(c => { c.send(message); }) } break; } }); })