Websocket to Container
Forwarding a Websocket request to a Container
WebSocket requests are automatically forwarded to a container using the defaultfetch
method on the Container
class:
import { Container, getContainer } from "@cloudflare/workers-types";
export class MyContainer extends Container { defaultPort = 8080; sleepAfter = "2m";}
export default { async fetch(request, env) { // gets default instance and forwards websocket from outside Worker return getContainer(env.MY_CONTAINER).fetch(request); },};
Additionally, the containerFetch
method can be used to forward WebSocket requests as well.
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