With the ws:// url format, you should be able to communicate using a web
browser / JavaScript implementation; *HOWEVER*, there isn’t any pure JS
implementation of the nanomsg protocols that I’m aware of. I had seen some
work, and there are nodejs bindings (and iojs) for nanomsg, but a pure JS
implementation is required for the browser.
That said, the protocols are simple. Please have a look at the RFCs - in
particular the sp-websocket-mapping-01.txt document covers the details of
how data is transmitted. Its pretty simple, since we can just use
websocket framing directly. If the data is binary, you’ll need to have
binary capable websockets support (most browsers these days can). Getting
the *semantics* for nanomsg (retries, semantic behaviors) may be harder,
but for many web apps you may simply not care about that.
I’d love to see someone put together a full pure JS implementation like I
did in Go for mangos; sadly (or not!) my JS coding ability is limited
(mostly by choice!), so its not something I’m really equipped to help with
directly, but I can offer advice about the protocols and intended behaviors
of the patterns.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Ranier VF <ranier_gyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Start with this:
http://nanomsg.org/v0.8/nn_ws.7.html
<http://nanomsg.org/v0.8/nn_ws.7.html>
Best,
Ranier Vilela
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:45:25 +0300
Subject: [nanomsg] nanomsg sockets in browser?
From: lacrima.maxim@xxxxxxxxx
To: nanomsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
I am new to nanomsg, sorry if my question doesn't make any sense.
As far as I understand, nanomsg supports websockets as a transport layer.
Do I correctly understand, that there should be some pure javascript
implementation of nanomsg (or at least partial implementation that builds
on top of WebSocket object) in order for it to be usable in the browser? Is
there a library that implements this?
Or to ask the question from a different angle. If I bind a pub socket on a
server to 'ws://addr:port', how would I subscribe to it from the browser?
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Regards,
Maxim
