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+This is a simple demo of creating a websocket connection from within Minetest. To use it:
+- Add the chatbridge mod to secure.trusted_mods and enable it on the server;
+- Start the basic demo server with `python3 test.py` on the same machine;
+- Open client.html in a browser.
+- Observe that you can send messages between the server and the webpage.
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