socket.on('connection' … event never fired nodejs + express + socket.io

Question

Problem socket.io NOT working

Details

• Generated a project with express [folder]; cd [folder]; npm install;

Answer 1

The following did a trick for me with: socket.io-client: "^0.9.16"

io.connect("http://localhost:4000", {'force new connection': true});

Now 'connect' event fires consistently and there is no re-use.

I figured out this option by examining socket.io-client/lib/io.js line: 192 Since I can't even find this io.js file in github, I think there is refactoring in future releases, and this option might not work.

At least this might be helpful to somebody who will take this temporary work around.