In nodejs, how do I check if a port is listening or in use

Question

I\'ll be very specific here in the hope that folks who understand this can edit to rephrase to the general situation.

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Answer 1

You should be able to use the node-netstat module to detect ports that are being listened to. Unfortunately, it seems that it only supports Windows and Linux, as is. However, the changes that would be required to have it support OS X do not look to be terribly large. UPDATE: It now supports OS X...er macOS...er whatever they're calling it now.