I'm trying to setup a Node.js Websocket server over at my webhost (Namecheap). However, I am getting this error:
events.js:292
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: Unexpected server response: 301
at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (D:\****\node_modules\ws\lib\websocket.js:576:7)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:315:20)
at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient [as onIncoming] (_http_client.js:596:27)
at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:119:17)
at TLSSocket.socketOnData (_http_client.js:469:22)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:315:20)
at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:295:12)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:271:9)
at TLSSocket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:212:10)
at TLSWrap.onStreamRead (internal/stream_base_commons.js:186:23)
Emitted 'error' event on WebSocket instance at:
at abortHandshake (D:\****\node_modules\ws\lib\websocket.js:694:15)
at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (D:\****\node_modules\ws\lib\websocket.js:576:7)
[... lines matching original stack trace ...]
at TLSSocket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:212:10)
The code for the client and server came from here:
https://github.com/websockets/ws#Simple server https://github.com/websockets/ws#sending-and-receiving-text-data
with ws://www.host.com/path changed to ws://<mydomainname>/<dir1>/<dir2>
Both client and server code runs properly when run locally. Http related code runs properly when used on my webhost. I am trying to get the client code to run locally and connect via websockets to my server hosted at Namecheap.
I suspect something related to the server is preventing connection. I'd ask support but I doubt if they can resolve this. Maybe there's a locked feature or something? Is there something else I could have missed?
Websockets cannot work on Namecheap's hosted servers. Their incoming ports are blocked and cannot be opened for security reasons per their customer's support.
If anyone is looking for a solution just in case, try out a Heroku free account.