Trying to get access to Leap motion Web Socket

I'm trying to do a project with the Leap Motion and an ESP8266 E12. I am very new to using the ESP8266. I am trying to connect to the Leap Motion Websocket: located at http://127.0.0.1:6437 but am not able to get a response from the ESP. Ultimately I want to get the hand data from the websocket to control some servos.

here is my code:
var WIFI_NAME = "***";
var WIFI_OPTIONS = { password : "**" };

var wifi = require("Wifi");
wifi.connect(WIFI_NAME, WIFI_OPTIONS, function(err) {
if (err) {

console.log("Connection error: "+err);
return;

}
console.log("Connected!");
});

var host = "127.0.0.1";
var WebSocket = require("ws");

var ws = new WebSocket(host,{
  path: '/',
  port: 6473,
  keepAlive: 60
});

ws.on('open', function() {
console.log("Connected to server");
});

ws.on('message', function(msg) {
console.log("MSG: " + msg);
ws.on('error', function(){
console.log("error");});
});

On my console I receive a Connected message but nothing else after that, not even an error.
I've also attached a link for more information about the Leap Motion WebSocket:
https://developer-archive.leapmotion.com­/documentation/javascript/supplements/Le­ap_JSON.html

Any help would be appreciated on how to get this working.

Thanks