sockterm 0.0.1

A simple, intuitive Socket.IO CLI.

sockterm

A CLI terminal client for Socket.IO.

Usage

Run sockterm to start the CLI. You should see a prompt: sockterm>

Type connect {url} to connect to a Socket.IO server. For instance, to connect to a local Socket.IO server over WebSockets on port 5000, type connect ws://localhost:5000.

To emit a message to the server, type emit {event} {data}. For example, to emit a JSON message to the hi_mom event, type emit hi_mom '{ "mom": "hi" }'. Note the single quotes.

You can also "call" an endpoint on the server by using call {event} {data}. This is functionally the same as emit, but will block until the server responds. It's useful for determining whether your requests are getting through properly.

You can subscribe to a topic by typing subscribe {event}. This will output messages on an event indefinitely. To stop the output, hit Ctrl+C until the output stops. (Proper stoppage will be implemented later.)

Help can be shown by typing --help on any command, or by itself.

All publish/subscribe commands above accept an optional namespace argument. To publish/subscribe on a non-default namespace, add --namespace {namespace} to the command.