A quick web socket server setup in Node.js

wss.js

/**
 * Quick setup:
 * 
 * $ mkdir /tmp/wss
 * $ cd /tmp/wss
 * $ npm init -f
 * $ curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/evanshortiss/83e63dc9cab83c7e7aba6780da3704bd/raw/ae5d532a371ef383d896f1663a454102cc1931c3/wss.js > wss.js
 * $ node wss.js
 */

const WebSocket = require('ws');
const host = '0.0.0.0'
const port = 8080
 
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({
    host,
    port
});
 
wss.on('connection', function connection(ws) {
    console.log('a client connected')
    
    ws.on('message', function incoming(message) {
        console.log('received payload: %s', message);
    });
});

wss.on('listening', function listening() {
    console.log(`started listening on ${host}:${port}`)
})