socket.io - ReferenceError: io is not defined

Question

I am writing an application for Android 2.3.5 (that will also be compatible with iOS). I wish to transfer data from the app\'s HTML/Javascript to a Python program on a serve

Answer 1

I found the answer for anyone who gets immensely confused by the horrible lack of documentation of socket.io.

You cannot source /socket-lib/socket.io.js,

you must source http://yourwebsite.com:12345/socket.io/socket.io.js.

The server automatically does the rest for you.