Properly setting up UWS and Express

[davedbase]

Hi there, been trying to read through some of the issues posted and the conclusion I've come to is that to use the UWS HTTP server with Express should be as simple as:

this.api = express({
  createServer: uws.http.createServer
});

Am I correct in this assumption? If not, is there any available documentation or guidance I can get on enabling it properly?

There's also this issue: #3205 however @dougwilson patch suggestion didn't work for me.

Finally using uws.http.createServer() and uws.http.createServer(app).listen(3000) didn't work either.

Thanks!

[dougwilson]

Hi @ddibiase there is no support for UWS HTTP in any currently-published version. There is the PR #3213 that looks like you may be referring to, but it is still under discussion and you need to clone that PR in order to use the code. That is just the surface, though, as it never really moved forward because UWS HTTP never really worked fully with Express even once you set it up on the server and the UWS project has not made much progress on changes to the Node.js bindings to address it. The biggest issue is that req and res become unusable after any async activity.

[davedbase]

@dougwilson yeah I was reading through the issues and started to come to that conclusion. Darn! Really wanted to pair it. Hope you guys end up getting back on this soon.

[dougwilson]

Hi @ddibiase the blocking issues to us supporting it are issues with the UWS Node.js binding. Until the issues are fixed on the UWS side, there isn't much we can do on this side.

[dougwilson]

@ddibiase for status on the UWS side: https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets/issues/590#issuecomment-299319189

[haykam821]

uNetworking/uWebSockets#590 is deleted.