Minimal binary codec for SC based on MessagePack.
This codec helps reduce bandwidth usage and is ideal for games and other high-throughput applications.
This module is designed to be hooked up on both the client and server.
To install, use:
npm install sc-codec-min-bin
On the server, inside worker.js
, you should use:
var scCodecMinBin = require('sc-codec-min-bin');
// ...
// This needs to go inside the run function - Near the top.
worker.scServer.setCodecEngine(scCodecMinBin);
On the client-side, you can either include the sc-codec-min-bin
module using
your favorite bundler such as Browserify or Webpack or you can include the sc-codec-min-bin.js
file using a script tag; this will expose the scCodecMinBin
object globally.
To use it, you just need to add it on connect:
var socket = socketCluster.connect({
// ...
codecEngine: scCodecMinBin
});
Note that the codec used on the client and on the server always need to match.
To build the global script for the browser:
browserify -s scCodecMinBin index.js > sc-codec-min-bin.js