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- # socket.io
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-
- ## Features
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- Socket.IO enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication. It consists in:
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- - a Node.js server (this repository)
- - a [Javascript client library](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client) for the browser (or a Node.js client)
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- Some implementations in other languages are also available:
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- - [Java](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java)
- - [C++](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp)
- - [Swift](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift)
- - [Dart](https://github.com/rikulo/socket.io-client-dart)
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- Its main features are:
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- #### Reliability
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- Connections are established even in the presence of:
- - proxies and load balancers.
- - personal firewall and antivirus software.
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- For this purpose, it relies on [Engine.IO](https://github.com/socketio/engine.io), which first establishes a long-polling connection, then tries to upgrade to better transports that are "tested" on the side, like WebSocket. Please see the [Goals](https://github.com/socketio/engine.io#goals) section for more information.
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- #### Auto-reconnection support
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- Unless instructed otherwise a disconnected client will try to reconnect forever, until the server is available again. Please see the available reconnection options [here](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client/blob/master/docs/API.md#new-managerurl-options).
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- #### Disconnection detection
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- A heartbeat mechanism is implemented at the Engine.IO level, allowing both the server and the client to know when the other one is not responding anymore.
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- That functionality is achieved with timers set on both the server and the client, with timeout values (the `pingInterval` and `pingTimeout` parameters) shared during the connection handshake. Those timers require any subsequent client calls to be directed to the same server, hence the `sticky-session` requirement when using multiples nodes.
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- #### Binary support
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- Any serializable data structures can be emitted, including:
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- - [ArrayBuffer](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer) and [Blob](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Blob) in the browser
- - [ArrayBuffer](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer) and [Buffer](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html) in Node.js
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- #### Simple and convenient API
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- Sample code:
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- ```js
- io.on('connection', function(socket){
- socket.emit('request', /* */); // emit an event to the socket
- io.emit('broadcast', /* */); // emit an event to all connected sockets
- socket.on('reply', function(){ /* */ }); // listen to the event
- });
- ```
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- #### Cross-browser
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- Browser support is tested in Saucelabs:
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- [![Sauce Test Status](https://saucelabs.com/browser-matrix/socket.svg)](https://saucelabs.com/u/socket)
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- #### Multiplexing support
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- In order to create separation of concerns within your application (for example per module, or based on permissions), Socket.IO allows you to create several `Namespaces`, which will act as separate communication channels but will share the same underlying connection.
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- #### Room support
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- Within each `Namespace`, you can define arbitrary channels, called `Rooms`, that sockets can join and leave. You can then broadcast to any given room, reaching every socket that has joined it.
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- This is a useful feature to send notifications to a group of users, or to a given user connected on several devices for example.
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- **Note:** Socket.IO is not a WebSocket implementation. Although Socket.IO indeed uses WebSocket as a transport when possible, it adds some metadata to each packet: the packet type, the namespace and the ack id when a message acknowledgement is needed. That is why a WebSocket client will not be able to successfully connect to a Socket.IO server, and a Socket.IO client will not be able to connect to a WebSocket server (like `ws://echo.websocket.org`) either. Please see the protocol specification [here](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-protocol).
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- ## Installation
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- ```bash
- npm install socket.io --save
- ```
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- ## How to use
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- The following example attaches socket.io to a plain Node.JS
- HTTP server listening on port `3000`.
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- ```js
- var server = require('http').createServer();
- var io = require('socket.io')(server);
- io.on('connection', function(client){
- client.on('event', function(data){});
- client.on('disconnect', function(){});
- });
- server.listen(3000);
- ```
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- ### Standalone
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- ```js
- var io = require('socket.io')();
- io.on('connection', function(client){});
- io.listen(3000);
- ```
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- ### In conjunction with Express
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- Starting with **3.0**, express applications have become request handler
- functions that you pass to `http` or `http` `Server` instances. You need
- to pass the `Server` to `socket.io`, and not the express application
- function. Also make sure to call `.listen` on the `server`, not the `app`.
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- ```js
- var app = require('express')();
- var server = require('http').createServer(app);
- var io = require('socket.io')(server);
- io.on('connection', function(){ /* … */ });
- server.listen(3000);
- ```
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- ### In conjunction with Koa
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- Like Express.JS, Koa works by exposing an application as a request
- handler function, but only by calling the `callback` method.
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- ```js
- var app = require('koa')();
- var server = require('http').createServer(app.callback());
- var io = require('socket.io')(server);
- io.on('connection', function(){ /* … */ });
- server.listen(3000);
- ```
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- ## Documentation
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- Please see the documentation [here](/docs/README.md). Contributions are welcome!
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- ## Debug / logging
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- Socket.IO is powered by [debug](https://github.com/visionmedia/debug).
- In order to see all the debug output, run your app with the environment variable
- `DEBUG` including the desired scope.
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- To see the output from all of Socket.IO's debugging scopes you can use:
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- ```
- DEBUG=socket.io* node myapp
- ```
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- ## Testing
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- ```
- npm test
- ```
- This runs the `gulp` task `test`. By default the test will be run with the source code in `lib` directory.
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- Set the environmental variable `TEST_VERSION` to `compat` to test the transpiled es5-compat version of the code.
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- The `gulp` task `test` will always transpile the source code into es5 and export to `dist` first before running the test.
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- ## License
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- [MIT](LICENSE)
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