websocket reimplementation of status requests

services/messaging.js

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+const utils = require('../services/utils');
+const WebSocket = require('ws');
+
+let webSocketServer;
+
+function init(httpServer) {
+    webSocketServer = new WebSocket.Server({server: httpServer});
+    webSocketServer.on('connection', function connection(ws, req) {
+        console.log("websocket client connected");
+    });
+}
+
+async function send(message) {
+    const jsonStr = JSON.stringify(message);
+
+    webSocketServer.clients.forEach(function each(client) {
+        if (client.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+            client.send(jsonStr);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    init,
+    send
+};