socket.io socket.emit code example

Example 1: socket io emit to socket id

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

Example 2: socket emit to specific room using nodejs socket.io

io.on('connection', function(socket){  socket.to('some room').emit('some event');});

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 emit to specific room using nodejs socket.io

io.on('connection', socket => {  socket.on('disconnecting', () => {    const rooms = Object.keys(socket.rooms);    // the rooms array contains at least the socket ID  });  socket.on('disconnect', () => {    // socket.rooms === {}  });});

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