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Hi,

I am working on a research project where I try to connect a mobile LiveCode client (Android) to a server which runs node.js.

As far as I found out, the client has to connect via WebSockets.

* Is there a possibility to use this protocol with Livecode?
* Are there any libraries which support WebSocket communication?
* Or there any hints on how to implement the protocol in Livecode?

Thanks in advance
Torsten

I've looked into this, but only briefly. As with HTTP, it's all based on TCP and should be doable in LC, but with a fair amount of work.

I would be interested in learning if others have already written a library for this.

That said, it seems a limiting choice for the Node package you're using to require WebSockets only. There is no version or fork for traditional sockets?

I think: no.

So I will try to find out how to write a library
At least I have to understand what the guys who wrote the socket.io did, but it seems a lot of work.
Maybe we find a way to talk on normal sockets instead of websockets...