var udp = require('dgram'); // --------------------creating a udp server -------------------- // creating a udp server var server = udp.createSocket('udp4'); // emits when any error occurs server.on('error',function(error){ console.log('Error: ' + error); server.close(); }); // emits on new datagram msg server.on('message',function(msg,info){ console.log('Data received from client : ' + msg.toString()); console.log('Received %d bytes from %s:%d\n',msg.length, info.address, info.port); //sending msg server.send(msg,info.port,'localhost',function(error){ if(error){ //client.close(); }else{ console.log('Data sent !!!'); } }); }); //emits when socket is ready and listening for datagram msgs server.on('listening',function(){ var address = server.address(); var port = address.port; var family = address.family; var ipaddr = address.address; console.log('Server is listening at port' + port); console.log('Server ip :' + ipaddr); console.log('Server is IP4/IP6 : ' + family); }); //emits after the socket is closed using socket.close(); server.on('close',function(){ console.log('Socket is closed !'); }); server.bind(2222);