socketio javascript join a channel code example
Example 1: 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 === {} });});
Example 2: rooms in socket io
io.on('connection', socket => {
socket.join('some room');
});
//And then simply use to or in (they are the same) when broadcasting or emitting:
io.to('some room').emit('some event');
//You can emit to several rooms at the same time:
io.to('room1').to('room2').to('room3').emit('some event');
//In that case, an union is performed: every socket that is at least in one of the rooms will get the event once (even if the socket is in two or more rooms).
//You can also broadcast to a room from a given socket:
io.on('connection', function(socket){
socket.to('some room').emit('some event');
});