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

This information has been deprecated since socket.io 1.0

There are two methods of authorization: global or namespace (think route). The global method is set on the server with the io.set('authorization', function (handshakeData, callback) configuration call.

The handshakeData object contains the following information:

{
   headers: req.headers       //