TCP Server with Glitch

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Can I create a TCP server with Glitch?

2

I tried a couple of variations using the net node module to create a TCP server.

What I learned is:

  • The few ports that are open are being used (see below)
  • Other ports can be used but are not accessible for testing (see port list)
  • For some reason connections are being drop or reset (ECONNREFUSED and ECONNRESET) as soon as they connect (see example below).
  • Neither netcat, nc or socat are installed in the assigned instance making difficult to test TCP connections
  • Unable to install LWP::Simple perl module since it requires super user permissions as an alternative to netcat or similar tools.

Port list
Ports that are listening are in the range of 1081-1087 for tcp and tcp6 so these are not usable.
Other ports like 8080, and range 3000-5000 drop connections.

Example
I’ve tried variations of the following example without success:

var net = require('net');

var client = new net.Socket();
client.connect(process.env.PORT, 'localhost', function() {
  console.log('Connected');
  client.write('Hello, server! Love, Client.');
});

client.on('data', function(data) {
  console.log('Received: ' + data);
  client.destroy();
});

client.on('close', function() {
  console.log('Connection closed');
});

client.on('error', function(e) {
  console.log('Connection error', e);
});

Output

Connection error { Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:3000
    at Object._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at _exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1044:20)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1182:14)
  code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 3000 }
Connection closed

This is my progress, I’m sure someone with more expertise can put us in the right direction. Maybe I’m assuming wrong stuff but wanted to try and share.

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The problem is that we route your requests through a proxy, and we need to use the HTTP Host headers to tell which project you’re trying to connect to. With a raw TCP connection, we don’t know where you’re trying to go. The closest you can get to this easily is to use a websocket.

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