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promise-socket

dex4er50.7kMIT8.0.0TypeScript support: included

Return promise for socket stream

promise, socket, stream

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promise-socket

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This module allows the conversion net.Socket stream into its promisified version, which returns Promise object fulfilled when the stream's events occurred.

Requirements

This module requires Node >= 16.

Installation

npm install promise-socket

Usage

import PromiseSocket, {TimeoutError} from "promise-socket"

constructor

const promiseSocket = new PromiseSocket(socket)

PromiseSocket object requires socket object to work. New net.Socket object is created if socket argument is missing.

Example:

import net from "node:net"
import PromiseSocket from "promise-socket"

const socket = new net.Socket()

const promiseSocket = new PromiseSocket(socket)

stream

const socket = promiseSocket.stream

Original socket object.

Example:

console.log(promiseSocket.stream.localAddress)

connect

await connect(port, host)
await connect(path)
await connect(options)

Initiate a connection on a given socket. Promise if fulfilled when connect event is emitted. Check socket.connect for arguments.

Example:

await connect(80, "localhost")
// or
await connect({port: 80, host: "localhost"})

setTimeout

promiseSocket = socket.setTimeout(ms)

Set the timeout for idle socket and after this timeout the socket will be destroyed with a TimeoutError. It means that socket methods (connect, read, write, etc.) will be rejected.

The method returns this object.

Example:

socket.setTimeout(1000)
await socket.readAll()

read

const chunk = await promiseSocket.read(chunkSize)

Check PromiseReadable.read for details.

readAll

const content = await promiseSocket.readAll()

Check PromiseReadable.readAll for details.

iterate

for await (const chunk of promiseDuplex.iterate(chunkSize)) {
}

Check PromiseReadable.iterate for details.

Symbol.asyncIterator

for await (const chunk of promiseDuplex.iterate(chunkSize)) {
}

Check PromiseReadable[Symbol.asyncIterator] for details.

write

await promiseSocket.write(chunk)

Check PromiseWritable.write for details.

writeAll

await promiseSocket.writeAll(content, chunkSize)

Check PromiseWritable.writeAll for details.

end

await promiseSocket.end()

Check PromiseWritable.once for details.

once

const result = await promiseSocket.once(event)

Check PromiseReadable.once and PromiseWritable.once for details.

destroy

promiseSocket = promiseSocket.destroy()

This method calls destroy method on stream and cleans up all own handlers.

The method returns this object.

TimeoutError

try {
  socket.setTimeout(5000).connect({port, host})
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof TimeoutError) {
    console.error("Socket timeout")
  }
}

This is an error class that is used when the timeout occurred after using setTimeout method.

See also

PromiseReadable, PromiseWritable, PromiseDuplex, PromisePiping.

License

Copyright (c) 2017-2024 Piotr Roszatycki mailto:piotr.roszatycki@gmail.com

MIT

changelog

Changelog

v8.0.0 2024-06-21

  • Converted to ESM module.
  • Requires Node >= 16.
  • Uses "node:" prefix for Node.js modules.
  • Uses promise-writable with listeners leak fixed in dex4er/js-promise-writable#55; closes dex4er/js-promise-socket#63.
  • Uses promise-duplex with closed property that works with Node.js >= 16; closes dex4er/js-promise-socket#77.
  • setTimeout returns this; closes: dex4er/js-promise-socket#72.

v7.0.0 2020-08-11

  • Requires Node >= 10.
  • Converted from tslint to eslint.
  • Uses @types/node v14.

v6.0.3 2019-12-26

v6.0.2 2019-10-07

  • Use mocha-steps for testing.

v6.0.1 2019-10-07

  • Compatibility with newer NodeJS typings.
  • Updated dependencies.

v6.0.0 2019-07-15

  • Uses promise-readable and promise-writable v5.
  • writeAll method doesn't close a socket.
  • PromiseReadable implements AsyncIterable so it is possible to use for await (const chunk of promiseReadable) loop.
  • New method iterate is provided.

v5.0.0 2019-06-14

  • Method setTimeout sets an event handler that destroys a socket with TimeoutError. The handler is removed if timeout is equal 0.

v4.0.1 2019-06-04

  • Minor tweaks in README.
  • Added source map to the package.

v4.0.0 2019-05-10

  • Rewritten in Typescript.
  • Dropped support for Node < 6.

v3.1.1 2018-05-22

  • Support connect(port, host) method arguments, again.

v3.1.0 2018-05-19

  • Support connect(port, host) method arguments (not really).

v3.0.2 2018-03-12

  • Use markdownlint.

v3.0.1 2018-02-13

  • Tweaks for example BSMTP client.

v3.0.0 2018-02-05

  • New method destroy.
  • Support for import PromiseSocket from 'promise-socket' syntax.
  • Upgraded promise-readable@3, promise-writable@3 and promise-duplex@3.

v2.0.2 2017-10-17

v2.0.1 2017-10-06

  • Do not use UMD import internally.

v2.0.0 2017-10-06

  • Use native Promise rather than any-event.

v1.0.1 2017-10-06

  • Typescript: reference additional modules in our typings file.

v1.0.0 2017-10-02

  • Exports also as a class and namespace and the default.
  • Typings for Typescript.
  • Based on promise-duplex@1

v0.0.2 2017-06-22

v0.0.1 2017-03-12

  • Initial release