twitch chat in TTS (JS)

const net = require('net');

const HOST = '127.0.0.1'; // localhost
const PORT = 39999;

const client = new net.Socket();
var client_active = false
let messageList = [];

var ComfyJS = require("comfy.js");
ComfyJS.Init( "channelName" );

ComfyJS.onChat = ( user, message, flags, self, extra ) => {
    console.log( user, message );

    const ttsMessage = JSON.stringify({
        // this is the information we are sending to TTS,
        "messageID": 2,
        "customMessage": {
            "user": user,
            "message": message,
            "userColor": extra.userColor},
        });
    messageList.push(ttsMessage)

    if (client_active == false) {
        client_active = true
        client.connect(PORT, HOST, () => {
            client.write(messageList.shift());
        });
    }
}

// TTS seems to automaticly close the connection after it has recieved a message
// so when it closes we reopen it if there are more messages to send
client.on('close', () => {
    if (messageList.length > 0) {
        client.connect(PORT, HOST, () => {
            client.write(messageList.shift());
        });
    } else {
        client_active = false
    }
});