flashio facilitates JSON/Object communication from Flash to node.js over a TCP socket.

The goal of this project is to create a reliable way for Flash to talk to node.js over a typical (not a websocket) TCP connection.

Server (node.js)

Installation

Install via npm npm install flashio

Usage

You can create a server via

var flashio = require('flashio);
var server = flashio.createServer(port);

You can then listen to various events via

server.on('connect', function(data) {
  console.log(data.socket.id + " connected");
};

Events are

• .on('data', function(data)) emitted when client sends data
• .on('close', function(data)) emitted when client disconects
• .on('error', function(error)) emitted on error
• .on('connect', function(data)) emitted on connect

All event callback parameters (data or error) contain a data.socket or error.socket value representing a client's socket. Each socket has a unique id property via data.socket.id

In order to send data to the client use

server.send(socket, { message: "Hi client" });

or

server.sendToId(socket.id, { message: "Hi client" });

Client (flash)

Installation

Find the flashio package in this repository under src/flash/src/flashio. Include this package in your AS3 project.

Usage

You can create a client via

var client:FlashIO = new FlashIO(host, port);
client.connect();

You can listen to various events via

client.addEventListener(DataEvent.DATA, function(event:DataEvent):void {
	trace(data.message);
});

Events are

• Event.CONNECT
• Event.CLOSE
• IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR
• SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR
• flashio.DataEvent

In order to send data to the server use

client.send({ message: "Hi server" });

Other information

This is a work in progress.