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borderline-server

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Borderline Server is a multi-browser visualization tool server that provides a lightweight backend for serving visualization data across multiple browsers. The current stable version is 0.3.12. It requires Node.js >= 8.0.0 and npm >= 6.0.0. As a server-side component of the Borderline ecosystem, it focuses on real-time data synchronization and simple setup, differentiating itself with minimal configuration and cross-browser support.

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borderline-server

devopsjavascriptv0.3.12

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Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

BorderlineServer

✓ import BorderlineServer from 'borderline-server'

✗ const BorderlineServer = require('borderline-server')

ESM-only since v0.3.0

configure

✓ import { configure } from 'borderline-server'

✗ import configure from 'borderline-server'

Named export, not default

startServer

✓ import { startServer } from 'borderline-server'

✗ import startServer from 'borderline-server'

Named export for server start

Shows how to set up BorderlineServer with Express and Socket.IO for real-time multi-browser visualization.

import BorderlineServer, { configure } from 'borderline-server'; import express from 'express'; import { createServer } from 'http'; import { Server } from 'socket.io'; const app = express(); const httpServer = createServer(app); const io = new Server(httpServer); configure({ io }); const server = new BorderlineServer({ port: process.env.PORT ?? 3000 }); server.start(); httpServer.listen(server.port, () => { console.log(`Listening on ${server.port}`); });

Debug

Known issues

breakingVersion 0.3.0 changed from CommonJS to ESM only.

fix

Use import syntax; do not use require().

affects: >=0.3.0

gotchaThe configure() function must be called before instantiating BorderlineServer.

fix

Call configure() with io instance before new BorderlineServer().

affects: >=0.2.0

deprecatedThe option `socket` in constructor is deprecated; use configure() instead.

fix

Replace with configure({ io: socket }) before creating server instance.

affects: >=0.3.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Cannot find module 'borderline-server'

Package not installed or path incorrect.

fix

Run `npm install borderline-server` and ensure it's in node_modules.

ReferenceError: require is not defined

Using require() in ESM package.

fix

Switch to import syntax.

io is not defined

Socket.IO instance not passed to configure().

fix

Call configure({ io: yourIoInstance }) before starting the server.

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Version history

0.3.12latest on npm

Audit

Dependencies

expressrequiredHTTP server framework for handling requests

socket.iorequiredReal-time bidirectional event-based communication

Agent activity

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/dsi-icl/borderline-server ↗

packageborderline-server ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/dsi-icl/borderline-server#readme ↗