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<section>

<h3>Show me the API</h3>

<p>BinaryJS allows multiple streams over a single realtime websocket connection. Either the client or server can create a stream and both client and server can write to it once created.</p>

var server = BinaryServer({port: 9000});

server.on('connection', function(client){

client.on('stream', function(stream){

var w = fs.createWriteStream(stream.id+'.txt');

stream.pipe(w);

});

});

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<h3>Binary data for the web is here</h3>

<p>A year ago if someone asked you "how do I stream binary data / audio / video / files to Javascript", the answer was "Flash" or "no" (or "Java applets") </p>

<p>But as of Chrome 15+, Firefox 11+, Internet Explorer 10, and Safari nightly builds, that is no longer true.<p>

<p>BinaryJS is a light but comprehensive framework utilizing websockets to:</p>

<ul>

<li>Send, stream, or pipe binary data between web javascript and Node.js</li>

<li>Data is never stringified. Everything is only ever binary</li>

<li>BinaryPack serialization is included and fully JSON compatible</li>

<li>Multiplexed websocket streams. A client and server can send any number of streams to each other</li>

<li>Streaming FLAC into HTML5 WebAudio api</li>

<li>Progressive image loading (for retina displays and high-res photorgraphy)</li>

<li>Multiplayer video games without expensive stringifying</li>

<li>Streaming file uploads (see example)</li>

<li>Live HTML &lt;video&gt; streaming</li>

<li>PJAX with no http requests. Not even for image assets.</li>

<li>Video / audio chat over websockets</li>

</ul>

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