rsc-socket

encode/decode runescape classic packets. designed to wrap node Socket or WebSocket (client or server), similar to how json-socket works.

this module handles encoding/decoding of usernames and chat messages as well, converting everything to native types.

install

$ npm install @2003scape/rsc-socket

example

const RSCSocket = require('./src');
const net = require('net');

net.createServer((socket) => {
    socket = new RSCSocket(socket, true);
    socket.on('error', (err) => console.error(err));

    socket.on('message', (message) => {
        console.log('packet recevied', message);

        if (message.type === 'login') {
            socket.sendMessage({
                type: 'worldInfo',
                index: 0,
                planeWidth: 2304,
                planeHeight: 1776,
                planeIndex: 0
            });
        }
    });
}).listen(43594);

api

socket = new RSCSocket(net.Socket || WebSocket, isServer = true)

create a new socket wrapper instance.

socket.send(data)

send a raw data buffer (used in login process).

socket.sendMessage(message)

send a POJO from to be encoded and written to the socket.

socket.getIPAddress()

return the IPv4 address as a string.

socket.close()

terminate or destroy the socket.

socket.on('message', (message) => {})

received a decoded packet POJO.

license

Copyright 2020 2003Scape Team

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.