nodejs-server-sent-events

An app with the latest stable Node.js engine, express.js, and server-sent events.

Subscribers

• Open multiple consoles and run the below command,

  curl -H Accept:text/event-stream http://localhost:3000/events

• All these requests are waiting for any input to be sent from the server.

Setup

• To start the docker container, run the below command docker-compose down; docker rmi $(docker images -f "dangling=true" -q); docker system prune; docker-compose up --build -d; docker-compose ps

• To stop the docker container, run docker-compose down

Producers

• open a single tab and run the below command,

  curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"info": "Some info", "source": "Some source"}'\
  -s http://localhost:3000/facts

• Make sure the above subscribers are ready and listening.
• Upon firing the above command, the other subscriber console will get this data.

Queries

• To get the no. of clients connected to the server, use the below command,

  curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/status

• To get the facts sent to the server, use below command,

  curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/facts

Project in nutshell