socket.io-client how to set request header when making connection

Question

I\'m trying to set a http header when socket.io client makes the connection request. Is there a way to do this?

Here is what i\'m doing:

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Answer 1

It seems like the client doesn't support setting headers, as not all transports allow for the setting of headers.

This post by facundoolano details a workaround to authentication that doesn't require placing the auth token in the query string.

His workaround module can be found at https://github.com/invisiblejs/socketio-auth.

Makes me wonder why on server-side, socket.io allows for the request headers to be accessed...