lib: add WebSocket client

fixup

add test

lint

fixup

update doc/node.1

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/49830
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Robert Nagy <ronagy@icloud.com>

.eslintrc.js

@@ -361,5 +361,6 @@ module.exports = {
     WritableStream: 'readable',
     WritableStreamDefaultWriter: 'readable',
     WritableStreamDefaultController: 'readable',
+    WebSocket: 'readable',
   },
 };

doc/api/cli.md

@@ -738,6 +738,14 @@ added: v12.3.0
 
 Enable experimental WebAssembly module support.
 
+### `--experimental-websocket`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Enable experimental [`WebSocket`][] support.
+
 ### `--force-context-aware`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -2248,6 +2256,7 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 * `--experimental-vm-modules`
 * `--experimental-wasi-unstable-preview1`
 * `--experimental-wasm-modules`
+* `--experimental-websocket`
 * `--force-context-aware`
 * `--force-fips`
 * `--force-node-api-uncaught-exceptions-policy`
@@ -2715,6 +2724,7 @@ done
 [`NODE_OPTIONS`]: #node_optionsoptions
 [`NO_COLOR`]: https://no-color.org
 [`SlowBuffer`]: buffer.md#class-slowbuffer
+[`WebSocket`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSocket
 [`YoungGenerationSizeFromSemiSpaceSize`]: https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/refs/tags/10.3.129/src/heap/heap.cc#328
 [`dns.lookup()`]: dns.md#dnslookuphostname-options-callback
 [`dns.setDefaultResultOrder()`]: dns.md#dnssetdefaultresultorderorder

doc/api/globals.md

@@ -1018,6 +1018,17 @@ The object that acts as the namespace for all W3C
 [WebAssembly][webassembly-org] related functionality. See the
 [Mozilla Developer Network][webassembly-mdn] for usage and compatibility.
 
+## `WebSocket`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+> Stability: 1 - Experimental.
+
+A browser-compatible implementation of [`WebSocket`][]. Enable this API
+with the [`--experimental-websocket`][] CLI flag.
+
 ## Class: `WritableStream`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -1052,6 +1063,7 @@ A browser-compatible implementation of [`WritableStreamDefaultWriter`][].
 [ECMAScript module]: esm.md
 [Navigator API]: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/system-state.html#the-navigator-object
 [Web Crypto API]: webcrypto.md
+[`--experimental-websocket`]: cli.md#--experimental-websocket
 [`--no-experimental-global-customevent`]: cli.md#--no-experimental-global-customevent
 [`--no-experimental-global-webcrypto`]: cli.md#--no-experimental-global-webcrypto
 [`AbortController`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController
@@ -1085,6 +1097,7 @@ A browser-compatible implementation of [`WritableStreamDefaultWriter`][].
 [`TransformStream`]: webstreams.md#class-transformstream
 [`URLSearchParams`]: url.md#class-urlsearchparams
 [`URL`]: url.md#class-url
+[`WebSocket`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSocket
 [`WritableStreamDefaultController`]: webstreams.md#class-writablestreamdefaultcontroller
 [`WritableStreamDefaultWriter`]: webstreams.md#class-writablestreamdefaultwriter
 [`WritableStream`]: webstreams.md#class-writablestream

doc/node.1

@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ Use this flag to enable ShadowRealm support.
 .It Fl -experimental-test-coverage
 Enable code coverage in the test runner.
 .
+.It Fl -experimental-websocket
+Enable experimental support for the WebSocket API.
+.
 .It Fl -no-experimental-fetch
 Disable experimental support for the Fetch API.
 .

lib/internal/process/pre_execution.js

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function prepareExecution(options) {
   setupTraceCategoryState();
   setupInspectorHooks();
   setupWarningHandler();
-  setupFetch();
+  setupUndici();
   setupWebCrypto();
   setupCustomEvent();
   setupCodeCoverage();
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ function setupWarningHandler() {
 }
 
 // https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/
-function setupFetch() {
-  if (getEmbedderOptions().noBrowserGlobals ||
-      getOptionValue('--no-experimental-fetch')) {
+// https://websockets.spec.whatwg.org/
+function setupUndici() {
+  if (getEmbedderOptions().noBrowserGlobals) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -278,12 +278,6 @@ function setupFetch() {
     return undici;
   }
 
-  async function fetch(input, init = undefined) {
-    return lazyUndici().fetch(input, init);
-  }
-
-  defineOperation(globalThis, 'fetch', fetch);
-
   function lazyInterface(name) {
     return {
       configurable: true,
@@ -297,17 +291,31 @@ function setupFetch() {
     };
   }
 
-  ObjectDefineProperties(globalThis, {
-    FormData: lazyInterface('FormData'),
-    Headers: lazyInterface('Headers'),
-    Request: lazyInterface('Request'),
-    Response: lazyInterface('Response'),
-  });
+  if (!getOptionValue('--no-experimental-fetch')) {
+    async function fetch(input, init = undefined) {
+      return lazyUndici().fetch(input, init);
+    }
 
-  // The WebAssembly Web API: https://webassembly.github.io/spec/web-api
-  internalBinding('wasm_web_api').setImplementation((streamState, source) => {
-    require('internal/wasm_web_api').wasmStreamingCallback(streamState, source);
-  });
+    defineOperation(globalThis, 'fetch', fetch);
+
+    ObjectDefineProperties(globalThis, {
+      FormData: lazyInterface('FormData'),
+      Headers: lazyInterface('Headers'),
+      Request: lazyInterface('Request'),
+      Response: lazyInterface('Response'),
+    });
+
+    // The WebAssembly Web API: https://webassembly.github.io/spec/web-api
+    internalBinding('wasm_web_api').setImplementation((streamState, source) => {
+      require('internal/wasm_web_api').wasmStreamingCallback(streamState, source);
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (getOptionValue('--experimental-websocket')) {
+    ObjectDefineProperties(globalThis, {
+      WebSocket: lazyInterface('WebSocket'),
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 // TODO(aduh95): move this to internal/bootstrap/web/* when the CLI flag is

src/node_options.cc

@@ -370,6 +370,11 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
             &EnvironmentOptions::experimental_fetch,
             kAllowedInEnvvar,
             true);
+  AddOption("--experimental-websocket",
+            "experimental WebSocket API",
+            &EnvironmentOptions::experimental_websocket,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar,
+            true);
   AddOption("--experimental-global-customevent",
             "expose experimental CustomEvent on the global scope",
             &EnvironmentOptions::experimental_global_customevent,

src/node_options.h

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
   std::string dns_result_order;
   bool enable_source_maps = false;
   bool experimental_fetch = true;
+  bool experimental_websocket = false;
   bool experimental_global_customevent = true;
   bool experimental_global_web_crypto = true;
   bool experimental_https_modules = false;

test/common/globals.js

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const webIdlExposedWindow = new Set([
   'Headers',
   'Request',
   'Response',
+  'WebSocket',
 ]);
 
 const nodeGlobals = new Set([

test/common/index.js

@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ if (global.ReadableStream) {
     global.DecompressionStream,
   );
 }
+if (global.WebSocket) {
+  knownGlobals.push(WebSocket);
+}
 
 function allowGlobals(...allowlist) {
   knownGlobals = knownGlobals.concat(allowlist);

test/parallel/test-websocket.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Flags: --experimental-websocket
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+assert.strictEqual(typeof WebSocket, 'function');