NodeJS Websocket how to reconnect when server restarts

Question

In Node.js I'm using websockets/ws for a WebSocket connection. Below is the code for the client. Let's say the server socket we are connecting to goes down for a minute. The close event will fire, but what is the best way to reconnect to the socket whenever the socket on the server goes down or errors?

var ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost');  ws.on('open', function() {     console.log('socket open'); }); ws.on('error', function() {     console.log('socket error');     // how do I reconnect to the ws after x minutes here? }); ws.on('close', function() {     console.log('socket close');     // how do I reconnect to the ws after x minutes here? }); 

Answer 1

Try this:

var reconnectInterval = x * 1000 * 60; var ws; var connect = function(){     ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost');     ws.on('open', function() {         console.log('socket open');     });     ws.on('error', function() {         console.log('socket error');     });     ws.on('close', function() {         console.log('socket close');         setTimeout(connect, reconnectInterval);     }); }; connect(); 

You get to use the original implementation without having to wrap it.