Socket.io Client: respond to all events with one handler?

Question

Is it possible to have a socket.io client respond to all events without to have specify each event individually?

For example, something like this (which obviously do

Answer 1

I'm using Angular 6 and the npm package: ngx-socket-io

import { Socket } from "ngx-socket-io";

...

constructor(private socket: Socket) { }

...

After connect the socket, I use this code, this is handling all custom events...

const onevent = this.socket.ioSocket.onevent;
this.socket.ioSocket.onevent = function (packet: any) {
  const args = packet.data || [];
  onevent.call(this, packet);    // original call
  packet.data = ["*"].concat(args);
  onevent.call(this, packet);      // additional call to catch-all
};
this.socket.on("*", (eventName: string, data: any) => {
  if (typeof data === 'object') {
    console.log(`socket.io event: [${eventName}] -> data: [${JSON.stringify(data)}]`);
  } else {
    console.log(`socket.io event: [${eventName}] -> data: [${data}]`);
  }
});