如何在Chrome应用中创建简单的WebSocket服务器？

Question

I'm trying to develop a Chrome App that will work together with a Chrome Extension that I already created, wherein the Chrome Extension will send information to the Chrome App.

For this communication I thought use the WebSocket locally, in Chrome Extension I managed to make the Client, but now I'm having difficulty in creating the Server in the Chrome App, because I wanted to make as simple as possible without having to install something beyond of the Chrome App.

Answer 1

Among the first Google results there is a sample app from Chrome team: Http WebSocket Server .

You've got to understand that making a server in Chrome Apps is difficult; you are given access to a raw socket, and you need to fully implement the protocol that a particular server must use. Even a HTTP server is non-trivial, WebSockets is even less so.

So: it's possible, but it's not simple unless you're using an existing library.

Answer 2

Just to add to the accepted answer:

There is a Chrome Extension already in the Chrome Web Store: Web Server for Chrome .

And it is opensource: GitHub Link . You can use it as a library to your Chrome App.

Cheers!