Well, normally, one wants a "websocket out" node to connect to a server in order to send a message and a "websocket in" node to connect as well in order to receive the response. But, how can one programmatically shut down that connection as soon as all messages have been sent and all responses rec…

[image] rozek: how can one programmatically shut down that connection as soon as all messages have been sent and all responses received? the point of websocket is to stay open .. otherwise you use http requests :wink: there was a recent forum thread asking the same but i dont think there is …

Thank you very much for your response! Let me quote MDN : The WebSocket.close() method closes the WebSocket connection or connection attempt, if any. If the connection is already CLOSED , this method does nothing. There is much between single HTTP request-response messages and "everlasting" We…

For a simple websocket server both the client and the server have the same rights to close the connection. So it looks like you can issue a .close method from the server. WebSocket (javascript.info)

That's a really interesting reference! Thank you!

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bakman2 2 February 2022 14:34 4

The close method is for clients.

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