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		noduerme 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Direct Sockets API in Chrome 131 Can you explain further... how does this improve upon websockets and socketIO for node?

arlort 9 months ago [–]

Without a middleman you can only use web socket to connect to an http server.

So, for instance if I want to connect to an mqtt server from a webpage I have to use a server that supports websocket endpoint. With direct sockets I could connect to any server using any protocol

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