Pushpin is a proxy server that pins client connections open, making it easy to build real-time API endpoints. Pushpin supports HTTP streaming, HTTP long-polling, and WebSockets. For compatibility with older browsers, it can also translate from SockJS. Clients communicate using your API contract. Pushpin is a server-side implementation detail. An existing real-time API can be migrated to or away from Pushpin without breaking clients. Since Pushpin is a proxy server, the backend can be written in any language. Convenience libraries are available to make integration easy. With Pushpin, API management systems can manage real-time endpoints. Authentication, analytics, etc. work as you'd expect. Pushpin listens on port 7999. Edit the routes file to point traffic to your backend. Make an endpoint on the backend that responds with instructional HTTP headers.
Features
- Full featured realtime API solution
- Plug-n-play with your current stack
- Pushpin will interpret the headers but not expose them to the client
- Keep your API logic in one place
- Perfect for microservices
- Scalable beyond your needs
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