confirm ::1 address works

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run json-server test
         run: npm run demo-json-server
 
+      - name: Run ::1 host example
+        run: npm run demo-ip6
+
   release:
     needs: ['tests1', 'tests2', 'tests-node-v18']
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'

package.json

@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@
     "demo-commands": "node src/bin/start.js 'node test/server.js --port 8800' 8800 'node test/client --port 8800'",
     "demo-multiple": "node src/bin/start.js 'node test/server --port 6000' 6000 'node test/server --port 6010' 6010 'curl http://127.0.0.1:6000 && curl http://127.0.0.1:6010'",
     "demo-multiple-test-commands": "node src/bin/start.js 9000 'npm run message && npm run message2'",
-    "demo-json-server": "node src/bin/start.js 'json-server test/data.json' 3000 'echo json-server working'"
+    "demo-json-server": "node src/bin/start.js 'json-server test/data.json' 3000 'echo json-server working'",
+    "demo-ip6": "node src/bin/start.js 'node test/ip6.mjs' 8000 'echo server with ::1 working'"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^18.14.1",
     "ban-sensitive-files": "1.9.7",
     "chai": "4.2.0",
     "cross-env": "7.0.2",

test/ip6.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import http from 'node:http';
+
+// Create a local server to receive data from
+const server = http.createServer();
+
+// Listen to the request event
+server.on('request', (request, res) => {
+  console.log('server responding')
+  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+  res.end(JSON.stringify({
+    data: 'Hello World!',
+  }));
+});
+
+server.listen(8000, '::1', () => {
+  console.log('server is listening on ::1:8000')
+});