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+# Node.js websockets sample for Google App Engine
+
+This sample demonstrates how to use websockets on
+[Google App Engine Flexible Environment][appengine] with Node.js.
+
+* [Setup](#setup)
+* [Running locally](#running-locally)
+* [Deploying to App Engine](#deploying-to-app-engine)
+* [Running the tests](#running-the-tests)
+
+## Setup
+
+Before you can run or deploy the sample, you need to do the following:
+
+1.  Refer to the [appengine/README.md][readme] file for instructions on
+    running and deploying.
+1.  Install dependencies:
+
+    With `npm`:
+
+        npm install
+
+    or with `yarn`:
+
+        yarn install
+
+## Running locally
+
+With `npm`:
+
+    npm start
+
+or with `yarn`:
+
+    yarn start
+
+## Deploying to App Engine
+
+With `npm`:
+
+    npm run deploy
+
+or with `yarn`:
+
+    yarn run deploy
+
+## Running the tests
+
+See [Contributing][contributing].
+
+[appengine]: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/nodejs
+[readme]: ../README.md
+[contributing]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
+
diff --git a/appengine/websockets/app.js b/appengine/websockets/app.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2018, Google LLC.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+// [START appengine_websockets_app]
+const app = require('express')();
+app.set('view engine', 'pug');
+
+const server = require('http').Server(app);
+const io = require('socket.io')(server);
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.render('index.pug');
+});
+
+io.on('connection', socket => {
+  socket.on('chat message', msg => {
+    io.emit('chat message', msg);
+  });
+});
+
+if (module === require.main) {
+  const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080;
+  server.listen(PORT, () => {
+    console.log(`App listening on port ${PORT}`);
+    console.log('Press Ctrl+C to quit.');
+  });
+}
+// [END appengine_websockets_app]
diff --git a/appengine/websockets/app.yaml b/appengine/websockets/app.yaml
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+# [START appengine_websockets_yaml]
+runtime: nodejs
+env: flex
+
+# Use only a single instance, so that this local-memory-only chat app will work
+# consistently with multiple users. To work across multiple instances, an
+# extra-instance messaging system or data store would be needed.
+manual_scaling:
+  instances: 1
+
+network:
+  session_affinity: true
+# [END appengine_websockets_yaml]
+
diff --git a/appengine/websockets/package.json b/appengine/websockets/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "appengine-websockets",
+  "description": "Node.js websockets sample for Google App Engine",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "license": "Apache Version 2.0",
+  "author": "Google Inc.",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=8"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "deploy": "gcloud app deploy",
+    "start": "node app.js",
+    "lint": "samples lint",
+    "pretest": "npm run lint",
+    "test": "node app.js & ava -T 30s test/*.js; killall node",
+    "e2e-test": "samples test deploy"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "4.15.4",
+    "pug": "2.0.0-rc.3",
+    "socket.io": "2.0.3"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "1.4.17",
+    "puppeteer": "^1.11.0"
+  },
+  "cloud-repo-tools": {
+    "test": {
+      "app": {
+        "msg": "messages"
+      }
+    },
+    "requiresKeyFile": true,
+    "requiresProjectId": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/appengine/websockets/test/index.test.js b/appengine/websockets/test/index.test.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2018, Google LLC.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/* eslint node/no-extraneous-require: "off" */
+
+const test = require('ava');
+const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
+/* global document */
+
+let browser, browserPage;
+
+test.before(async () => {
+  browser = await puppeteer.launch();
+  browserPage = await browser.newPage();
+});
+
+test.after.always(async () => {
+  await browser.close();
+});
+
+test('should process chat message', async t => {
+  await browserPage.goto('http://localhost:8080');
+
+  await browserPage.evaluate(() => {
+    document.querySelector('input').value = 'test';
+    document.querySelector('button').click();
+  });
+
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+
+  const itemText = await browserPage.evaluate(
+    () => document.querySelector('li').textContent
+  );
+
+  t.is(itemText, 'test');
+});
diff --git a/appengine/websockets/views/index.pug b/appengine/websockets/views/index.pug
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+//- Copyright 2018 Google LLC.
+//-
+//- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//-
+//-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//-
+//- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//- limitations under the License.
+
+//- [START appengine_websockets_index]
+doctype html
+html(lang="en")
+  head
+    title Socket.IO chat on App Engine
+    meta(charset="utf-8")
+    style.
+      * { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }
+      body { font: 13px Helvetica, Arial; }
+      form { background: #000; padding: 3px; position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
+      form input { border: 0; padding: 10px; width: 90%; margin-right: .5%; }
+      form button { width: 9%; background: rgb(130, 224, 255); border: none; padding: 10px; }
+      #messages { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+      #messages li { padding: 5px 10px; }
+      #messages li:nth-child(odd) { background: #eee; }
+  //- [START appengine_websockets_form]
+  body
+    ul(id="messages")
+    form(action="")
+      input(id="m" autocomplete="off")
+      button Send
+    //- [END appengine_websockets_form]
+
+    script(src="/socket.io/socket.io.js")
+    script(src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.js")
+    script.
+      // [START appengine_websockets_js]
+      $(function () {
+        var socket = io();
+        $('form').submit(function(){
+          console.log($('#m').val());
+          socket.emit('chat message', $('#m').val());
+          $('#m').val('');
+          return false;
+        });
+        socket.on('chat message', function(msg){
+          console.log(msg);
+          $('#messages').append($('<li>').text(msg));
+          window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);
+        });
+      });
+      // [END appengine_websockets_js]
+//- [END appengine_websockets_index]
+