So I'm trying to host a web app using node.js express and my server.js seems to hang upon using npm start
. In my package.json file it calls node server.js
and everything starts properly but my website won't deploy to the local host for me to view. I have a feeling it is either something to do with the location of my css/index.html
or it could be something with the way i create the request from the client side from index.html
I'm new to backend, so really out in the deep on this one.
//1.) create http server
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 2525;
const INDEX = '/public/index.html';
const express = require('express')
var server = express();
console.log(__dirname)
server.use(express.static(__dirname "/public"));
server.get('public/index.html', function(req, res, next) {
res.sendFile(__dirname INDEX);
});
server.listen(PORT);
//2.) Create a websocket server
const { Server } = require('ws');
const wss = new Server({ server });
//3.) Handle connections
wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
console.log('Client connected');
ws.on('close', () => console.log('Client disconnected'));
});
//4.) Boradcast updates
setInterval(() => {
wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
client.send(new Date().toTimeString());
});
}, 1000);
console.log('Server started at http://localhost:' PORT);
This is my index.html below
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1'>
<title>am i sheep</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<div>
<span>
<h3> Am I Sheep<h3>
</span>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<input type="file" id="fileID" hidden></input>
<label for='fileID'>select image</label>
</div>
<div>
<h1 id='server-time'>current time</h1>
<script>
var HOST = location.origin.replace(/^http/, 'ws')
var ws = new WebSocket(HOST);
var el;
ws.onmessage = function (event) {
el = document.getElementById('server-time');
el.innerHTML = 'Server time: ' event.data;
};
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
UPDATE:
So the issue that seems to be popping up now is
WebSocket connection to 'ws://localhost:2525/' failed
var ws = new WebSocket(HOST);
So the error is happening between the handshake between the client and server
CodePudding user response:
The server.js
//1.) create http server
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 2525;
const INDEX = "/public/index.html";
const express = require("express");
const { createServer } = require("http");
const app = express();
const httpServer = createServer(app);
// Static files
app.use(express.static(__dirname "/public"));
app.get("/", function (req, res, next) {
res.sendFile(__dirname INDEX);
});
//2.) Create a websocket server
const { Server } = require("ws");
const wss = new Server({ server: httpServer });
//3.) Handle connections
wss.on("connection", ws => {
console.log("Client connected");
ws.on("close", () => console.log("Client disconnected"));
});
//4.) Boradcast updates
setInterval(() => {
wss.clients.forEach(client => {
client.send(new Date().toTimeString());
});
}, 1000);
httpServer.listen(PORT, () => console.log("Server started at http://localhost:" PORT));
The index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1'>
<title>am i sheep</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<div>
<span>
<h3> Am I Sheep<h3>
</span>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<input type="file" id="fileID" hidden></input>
<label for='fileID'>select image</label>
</div>
<div>
<h1 id='server-time'>current time</h1>
<script>
var HOST = location.origin.replace(/^http/, 'ws')
var ws = new WebSocket(HOST);
var el;
ws.onopen = function () {
alert('Connection Open');
};
ws.onerror = function (error) {
alert('Error');
};
ws.onmessage = function (event) {
el = document.getElementById('server-time');
el.innerHTML = 'Server time: ' event.data;
};
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>