SAP HANA XS Advanced - Web Sockets within Node.js SAP HANA applications

Add an express route handler for this chatServer module and pass the server variable in as well.

"use strict";

module.exports = function(app,server) {
	app.use("/node", require("./routes/myNode")());
	app.use("/node/excAsync", require("./routes/exerciseAsync")(server));
	app.use("/node/textBundle", require("./routes/textBundle")());
	app.use("/node/chat", require("./routes/chatServer")(server));
};

As follows:

Create a file called chatServer.js inside your routes folder with the following code:

/*eslint no-console: 0, no-unused-vars: 0, new-cap: 0*/
"use strict";
var WebSocketServer = require("ws").Server;
var express = require("express");

module.exports = function(server) {
	var app = express.Router();
	app.use(function(req, res) {
		var output = "<H1>Node.js Web Socket Examples</H1></br>" +
			"<a href=\"/exerciseChat\">/exerciseChat</a> - Chat Application for Web Socket Example</br>";
		res.type("text/html").status(200).send(output);
	});
	var wss = new WebSocketServer({
		server: server,
		path: "/node/chatServer"
	});

	wss.broadcast = function(data) {
		wss.clients.forEach(function each(client) {
			try {
				client.send(data);
			} catch (e) {
				console.log("Broadcast Error: %s", e.toString());
			}
		});
		console.log("sent: %s", data);

	};

	wss.on("connection", function(ws) {
		ws.on("message", function(message) {
			console.log("received: %s", message);
			wss.broadcast(message);
		});
		ws.send(JSON.stringify({
			user: "XS",
			text: "Hello from Node.js XS Server"
		}));
	});

	return app;
};

Check the code you have just added. You will see the ws module is required. Add it to the package.json file.

Note: You can find more information on the WebSockets module and how it works the their GitHub repository

The file structure for this interface will be simple as it is not the focus for this tutorial. Create a folder called exerciseChat in your web module, in resources:

Create a folder called view within that folder. It will contain two files, worth the following names and code:

App.view.xml

<core:View
	controllerName="sap.xs.chat.view.App"
	xmlns="sap.m"
    xmlns:l="sap.ui.layout"
	xmlns:mvc="sap.ui.core.mvc"
	xmlns:core="sap.ui.core" >
	<ScrollContainer
    height="100%"
    width="100%"
    horizontal="true"
    vertical="true" >
    <Panel
	   headerText="Node.js WebSocket Chat"
	   expandable="true"
	   expanded="true">
        <l:VerticalLayout
            class="sapUiContentPadding"
            width="100%">
        <l:content>            
	        <Input id="uName" value="{/user}" />
        </l:content>
         <l:content>
	        <TextArea id="chatInfo" value="{/chat}" cols="60" rows="8" editable="false" />
        </l:content>
        <l:content>
	        <Input id="message" value="{/message}" placeholder="Enter Chat Text Here..." />
        </l:content>
        </l:VerticalLayout>
	   <Button text="Send" press="sendMsg" />
	</Panel>   

   </ScrollContainer>
</core:View>

App.controller.js

/*eslint no-unused-vars: 0, no-undef: 0, no-sequences: 0, no-unused-expressions: 0*/
//To use a javascript controller its name must end with .controller.js
sap.ui.controller("sap.xs.chat.view.App", {

            onInit : function(){


                this.getView().addStyleClass("sapUiSizeCompact"); // make everything inside this View appear in Compact mode

      			// connection opened
      			connection.attachOpen(function (oControlEvent) {
        			sap.m.MessageToast.show("connection opened");
      			});

      			// server messages
      			connection.attachMessage(function (oControlEvent) {
      				var oModel = sap.ui.getCore().getModel("chatModel");
      				var result = oModel.getData();

       				var data = jQuery.parseJSON(oControlEvent.getParameter("data"));
        			msg = data.user + ": " + data.text,
        			lastInfo = result.chat;

       				if (lastInfo.length > 0){ lastInfo += "\r\n"; }   
       				oModel.setData({chat: lastInfo + msg}, true);

       				// scroll to textarea bottom to show new messages
       				$("#app--chatInfo-inner").scrollTop($("#app--chatInfo-inner")[0].scrollHeight);
     			});

      			// error handling
      			connection.attachError(function (oControlEvent) {
        			sap.m.MessageToast.show("Websocket connection error" );
      			});

      			// onConnectionClose
      			connection.attachClose(function (oControlEvent) {
        			sap.m.MessageToast.show("Websocket connection closed");
      			});    

      			sap.ui.getCore().byId("app--message").onsapenter = function(e) {
      				if (sap.m.InputBase.prototype.onsapenter) {  
     					 sap.m.InputBase.prototype.onsapenter.apply(this, arguments);  
  					}  
      				var oController = sap.ui.getCore().byId("app").getController();
      				oController.sendMsg();
      			};     				
            },

            // send message
      		sendMsg: function() {
      			var oModel = sap.ui.getCore().getModel("chatModel");
      			var result = oModel.getData();
       			var msg = result.chat;
       			if (msg.length > 0) {
        			connection.send(JSON.stringify(
         				{user: result.user, text: result.message}
        			));
        	    oModel.setData({message: ""}, true);
       			}     
      		},

			onErrorCall: function(oError){
			    if(oError.response.statusCode === 500 || oError.response.statusCode === 400){
	   	   	 		     var errorRes = JSON.parse(oError.response.body);
                        sap.m.MessageBox.alert(errorRes.error.message.value);
	   		    		return;
	   	   	 	 }
	   	   	  	 else{
	   			         sap.m.MessageBox.alert(oError.response.statusText);
	   		    		return;
	   	   	 	 }
			}
});

Outside this folder, in the exerciseChat folder, add an index.html file with the following code to call your view:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
	<meta charset="UTF-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
	<title>Node.js Web Sockets Chat</title>
	    <!-- <script id="sap-ui-bootstrap" src="https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/resources/sap-ui-core.js" -->
	<script id="sap-ui-bootstrap" src="{{{ui5liburl}}}/resources/sap-ui-core.js"
		data-sap-ui-theme="sap_bluecrystal"
		data-sap-ui-xx-bindingSyntax="complex"
		data-sap-ui-resourceroots='{
				"sap.xs.chat": "./",
				"view": "./view" }'			
		data-sap-ui-libs="sap.m, sap.me">
	</script>

	<script>
      // WS handling
      jQuery.sap.require("sap.ui.core.ws.WebSocket");  
      //var connection = new sap.ui.core.ws.WebSocket('ws://localhost:3080');
      var connection = new sap.ui.core.ws.WebSocket('/node/chatServer');      
	</script>

	<script>

	new sap.m.Shell({
		app : new sap.ui.core.ComponentContainer({
			name : "sap.xs.chat"
		})
	}).placeAt("content");

	</script>
</head>
<body class="sapUiBody" role="application">
	<div id="content"></div>
</body>
</html>

Create a Component.js file with the following code:

jQuery.sap.declare("sap.xs.chat.Component");


sap.ui.core.UIComponent.extend("sap.xs.chat.Component", {
	init: function(){
		jQuery.sap.require("sap.m.MessageBox");
		jQuery.sap.require("sap.m.MessageToast");		
		// Chat Model
      	var oModel = new sap.ui.model.json.JSONModel();
       	var names = ["Student1","Student2","Student3","Student4","Student5","Student6"];
      	oModel.setData({
      		user: names[Math.floor(names.length * Math.random())],
        	chat: "",
        	message: ""
      	});
      	sap.ui.getCore().setModel(oModel,"chatModel");

		sap.ui.core.UIComponent.prototype.init.apply(this, arguments);
	},

	createContent: function() {

		var settings = {
				ID: "chatRoot",
				title: "Node.js Web Sockets Chat",
				description: "Node.js Web Sockets Chat"
			};

		var oView = sap.ui.view({
			id: "app",
			viewName: "sap.xs.chat.view.App",
			type: "XML",
			viewData: settings
		});
		oView.setModel(sap.ui.getCore().getModel("chatModel"));
    	return oView;
	}
});

This is what the file structure for the web module should look like.

Run the js module first and then run the web module. Remember to change the path to see the new web module:

Open a second web browser with the same URL. You can test the chat by chatting with yourself:

All messages are being pushed out into all listeners. You can open a third chat window to test this: