socket io in javascript code example

Example 1: socket io script

<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
<script>
  const socket = io();
</script>

Example 2: how to run socket.io server

const express = require("express");
const http = require("http");
const socketIo = require("socket.io");
const port = process.env.PORT || 8001;
const index = require("./routes/index");
const app = express();
app.use(index);
const server = http.createServer(app);
const io = socketIo(server); // < Interesting!
const getApiAndEmit = "TODO";

Example 3: js socket.emit

const socket = io('ws://localhost:3000');
socket.on('connect', () => {  
  // either with send()  
  socket.send('Hello!');
  // or with emit() and custom event names  
  socket.emit('salutations', 'Hello!', { 'mr': 'john' }, Uint8Array.from([1, 2, 3, 4]));});
// handle the event sent with socket.send()
socket.on('message', data => {
  console.log(data);
});
// handle the event sent with socket.emit()
socket.on('greetings', (elem1, elem2, elem3) => {
  console.log(elem1, elem2, elem3);
});

Example 4: socket.io client send data node js server

var socket = io.connect('http://localhost');
socket.emit('my other event', { my: 'data' });
//server side
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
  socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
    console.log(data);
  });
});
//sending data from the user via a socket.io
socket.on("test", function (data) {
    data.forEach(obj => {
        console.log("Yer : " + obj.yer + ", Lat : " + obj.lat + ", Long : " + obj.lng);
    })
});