socket emit client code example

Example 1: socket.io reconnect example

io.connect('http://localhost', {
  'reconnection': true,
  'reconnectionDelay': 500,
  'reconnectionAttempts': 10
});

Example 2: socket io emit to socket id

io.to(socketid).emit('message', 'for your eyes only');

Example 3: import socket io frontend

<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script><script>  const socket = io('http://localhost');</script>

Example 4: socket emit only to sender

// Send to the sender and noone else
socket.emit('hello', msg);