Slam asterisk with large frames over the websocket

asterisk-ws-slam.js

/*
 * - must be run on a different machine than the one that runs Asterisk
 * - npm instal ws
 * - change <asterisk-host> to the IP/hostname of the Asterisk box
 * - node asterisk-ws-slam.js
 */
var WebSocket = require('ws');
var ws = new WebSocket('ws://<asterisk-host>:8088/ws', { protocol: 'echo' });

var str = new Array(16384 - 10).join('x');
var count = 0;

ws.on('open', send);

function send() {
    ws.send(str);
}

ws.on('message', function(message) {
  console.log('rxed', ++count);
  if (message === str) {
    send();
  } else {
    console.error('Unexpected text:', message);
  }
});