Websockets are another useful communication capability that is built into Node-RED via the the websocket node. Websockets provide a duplex TCP connection and were designed to allow web browsers and servers to maintain a ‘backchannel’ that could be used to augment traditional HTTP interactions, allowing servers to update web pages without the client making a new pull request.
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