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HTTP server: WebSockets

An example of a HTTP server that handles websocket requests.

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To start the server on the default port, call `Deno.serve` with the handler.
Deno.serve((req) => {
First, we verify if the client is negotiating to upgrade to websockets. If not, we can give a status of 501 to specify we don't support plain http requests.
  if (req.headers.get("upgrade") != "websocket") {
    return new Response(null, { status: 501 });
  }
We can then upgrade the request to a websocket
  const { socket, response } = Deno.upgradeWebSocket(req);
We now have access to a standard websocket object. Let's handle the "open" event
  socket.addEventListener("open", () => {
    console.log("a client connected!");
  });
We can also handle messages in a similar way. Here we set up a simple ping / pong example.
  socket.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
    if (event.data === "ping") {
      socket.send("pong");
    }
  });
Lastly we return the response created from upgradeWebSocket.
  return response;
});

Run this example locally using the Deno CLI:

deno run --allow-net https://docs.deno.com/examples/http-server-websocket.ts

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