Using pipe() in Node.js net

Question

I\'m having trouble wrapping my head around the pipe function shown in several Node.js examples for the net module.

var net = require(\'net\');
         


        

Answer 1

There are 2 sockets per Server-Client Connection (2 endpoints). Socket binds IP Address:Port Number. The client gets assigned random port numbers, while the server has dedicated port number. This is the basic explanation of how socket works.

Piping is reserved for redirecting a readable stream to a writable stream.

What socket.pipe(socket) does? It redirects all the data from the readable stream (server) to the writable stream (client). We can tweak this by adding event listeners as @hexacyanide has pointed out.