eversocket

A Node.js net.Socket that automatically reconnects on close or timeout.

Options

Options are the same as those for the net.Socket constructor, with a few additions:

• reconnectWait — the number of milliseconds to wait between reconnection events
• reconnectOnTimeout — true or false. Whether to automatically reconnect when the connection goes idle.
• timeout — The idle timeout. You must provide a timeout if you want to use reconnectOnTimeout.

All of the options can also be set after socket construction using their mutator methods.

Events

The regular net.Socket events are emitted. The reconnect event has been added to notify on reconnection events.

Usage

var EverSocket = require('eversocket').EverSocket;
var socket = new EverSocket({
  reconnectWait: 100,      // wait 100ms after close event before reconnecting
  timeout: 100,            // set the idle timeout to 100ms
  reconnectOnTimeout: true // reconnect if the connection is idle
});
socket.on('reconnect', function() {
  console.log('the socket reconnected following a close or timeout event');
});
socket.connect(4999);

Cancelling re-connections

In order to destroy the socket, re-connections must be cancelled.

var EverSocket = require('eversocket').EverSocket;
var socket = new EverSocket();
socket.connect(4999);
// ...
socket.cancel(); // cancel re-connections
socket.destroy();