Is there a way to connect to a TCP socket via Javascript?

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I'm wondering if there is some way to connect to and communicate with a traditional socket from the browser utilizing Javascript, the code being able to run on all devices including smartphones.

Myst · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-16 06:56:35Z

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Nope.

Raw TCP/IP isn't accessible using the browser's Javascript engine.

Websockets and WebRTC are the two technologies that will get you as close to TCP/IP as you can get (but they are distinctly not raw TCP/IP).

On some non-browser engines (i.e. node.js), you could get raw TCP/IP functionality.

answered Dec 16, 2017 at 6:56

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