socketio how to send to all other clients in room code example
Example 1: socket.io emit to all other clients
// sending to sender-client only
socket.emit('message', "this is a test");
// sending to all clients, include sender
io.emit('message', "this is a test");
// sending to all clients except sender
socket.broadcast.emit('message', "this is a test");
// sending to all clients in 'game' room(channel) except sender
socket.broadcast.to('game').emit('message', 'nice game');
// sending to all clients in 'game' room(channel), include sender
io.in('game').emit('message', 'cool game');
// sending to sender client, only if they are in 'game' room(channel)
socket.to('game').emit('message', 'enjoy the game');
// sending to all clients in namespace 'myNamespace', include sender
io.of('myNamespace').emit('message', 'gg');
// sending to individual socketid
socket.broadcast.to(socketid).emit('message', 'for your eyes only');
// list socketid
for (var socketid in io.sockets.sockets) {}
OR
Object.keys(io.sockets.sockets).forEach((socketid) => {});
Example 2: 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 === {} });});