client.coffee

http = require 'http'
util = require 'util'

host = '127.0.0.1'
port = 10000

# Ping
ping = () ->
    console.log "making request"
    
    # Build the request
    request = http.request
        host: host
        port: port
        path: '/ping'
        method: 'POST'

    # Listen to errors
    request.on 'error', (error) ->
        console.log "Error making ping request to #{host}:#{port}: #{error}"

    # We expect a response from a ping
    request.on 'response', (response) ->
        response.setEncoding 'utf8'
        
        # Fetch all data chunks
        data = ''
        response.on 'data', (chunk) ->
            data += chunk
    
        # Handle the pong on response end
        response.on 'end', () ->
            console.log "Pong: #{data}"
            
    # Send the ping request
    request.write 'PING'
    do request.end

setInterval ping, 1000
setInterval ping, 1000