need new feature: peer.socket.send

[szcuipeng]

i found peer ( for example: peer = new Peer) owns a websocket connect to peer server, and see the following link:

https://github.com/peers/peerjs-server#combining-with-existing-express-app

the peer server can handle socket request.

right?

then can peerjs provide socket send request/handler response method?

any advices will be appreciated!

[jonasgloning]

Hey @szcuipeng. If you listen to the connection event on the Express server, you can access the client object including it's websocket.

const server = PeerServer(opts, (server) => {
  ...
});

server.on("connection", (client) => {
    client.getSocket()?.send("Hello");
});

[szcuipeng]

on client side, we need peer.on("data"... event to handle "Hello"

[szcuipeng]

now in client side:

let peer = new Peer ( "custom_peer_id" );

peer.on("open",function(peer_id){
    peer._socket._socket.send("json data");
});

i'd like to having this:

peer.getSocket().send("json data");

//and:
peer.on("data",function(data){
    console.log("return from peer server websocket: ",data);
});

[jonasgloning]

I think we can add this. Someone else already posted an PR for something similar.

[szcuipeng]

That's great!