I am testing the way web sockets work in Javascript, tried the code this way:

(function(){     
   socket = new Websocket('ws://achex.ca:4010');

   socket.onopen  =  function(){
        console.log("Connection is now open")
  }
})

Nothing appears in console log...what am I doing wrong?

I am testing the way web sockets work in Javascript, tried the code this way:

(function(){     
   socket = new Websocket('ws://achex.ca:4010');

   socket.onopen  =  function(){
        console.log("Connection is now open")
  }
})

Nothing appears in console log...what am I doing wrong?

• javascript
• websocket

• Does this answer your question? How to get the current status of a javascript websocket connection – Arcanus Commented Mar 12, 2022 at 3:54

1 Answer 1

ThereadyState property of the websocket contains the connection of the websocket at all times as specified in the WebSocket API

It will be one of the following values : CONNECTING OPEN CLOSING or CLOSED

A way to work if it's open is :

if (yourWsObject.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
   // Do your stuff...
}