Tubesock

Tubesock is a little utility that pipes stdin to a WebSocket (and back again).

installation

$ npm install -g tubesock

usage

$ tail -f tubes.log | tubesock

ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:9999')
ws.onmessage = function () { ... }

options

--port

The port to open the WebSocket server on. Default 9999.

--send-options

The port to open the WebSocket server on. Default true.

custom options

As long as you don't set --send-options to false, any additional options you pass to tubesock will be sent to new client connections.

contributing

Do it!