web socket nodejs code example

Example 1: create a web server node js w socket.io

var app = require('express')();
var http = require('http').createServer(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(http);

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  // Ran when a GET request to path '/'
  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

io.on('connection', (socket) => {
  // Ran when a socket connected
});

http.listen(3000, () => {
  // Ran when server is ready to take requestes
});

Example 2: 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);
    })
});