SocketPair


A pair of coupled Unix sockets (or Windows pipes).

Similar to stream-pair, but with sockets with real fds and .setTimeout().
Originally a workaround for ,
but still has some use relevant cases, particularly when building proxies.

Note: This workaround is necessary in node v6.11.1, but not necessary in node v8.2.1.
I would assume it is also not necessary in later versions.

Usage

``javascript
var socketPair = require('socket-pair');

var socket = socketPair.create(function (err, other) {
// socket as in client = new net.Socket(); client.connect(...);
// other as in server.on('connection', function (conn) { ... })

socket.write('123');
other.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log(chunk.toString('utf8'));
});

socketPair.closeAll();
});
`

I named them client and connection, but their names really have no meaning.

You can call them a and b or other and one or red and blue. It makes no difference.

API

`
socketPair.create(cb) // creates or reuses a socket server
socketPair.closeAll() // closes the server and all sockets
``