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How to host a socket.io server and a http server together?

How to host a socket.io server and a http server together?

Problem

I have a Socket.io server and a basic HTTP server that I coded together, but the problem is that the HTTP-server tries to serve requests that socket.io should serve.

Code:

//Dependences
var sio = require('socket.io');
var http = require("http");
var NewRequestHandler = require('./NewRequestHandler').Handler;
var DisconnectHandler = require('./DisconnectHandler').Handler;
var AuthorisationRequestHandler = require('./AuthorisationRequestHandler').Handler;
//The backlog of resources
var ResourceBackLog;

var ResourceRequestHandler = require("./ResourceRequestHandler").Handler;
//Reports the IP adress and Port that it will run on.
console.log('IP address: ' +  process.env.IP);
console.log('Port: ' + process.env.PORT);
//Creates and configures a new http.server instance.
var Server = new http.Server();

//Starts both the http and socket.io server.
var io = sio.listen(Server.listen(process.env.PORT, process.env.IP, ResourceBackLog, function(error) {
    if (error) {
        console.log("Error: " + error);
    } else if (!error) {
        console.log("Server started sucsessfully.");
        Server.on('request', ResourceRequestHandler);
        console.log("Server now ready for requests.");
    }
}));

//Handles the connect and authorisation bit
io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket) {
    console.log('New Connection');
    socket.on('auth', function(Keys) {
    console.log('Autorisation Request Recived');
        AuthorisationRequestHandler(socket, Keys, function() {
            socket.on('NewRequest',  function(Request) {
                NewRequestHandler(socket, Request);
            });
            socket.on('diconnect', function() {
                DisconnectHandler(socket);
            });
        });

    });
});

The ResourceRequestHandler is the file that serves resources by checking the URL then opening the file at that location, but it also serves /socket.io requests.

Problem courtesy of: swissnetizen

Solution

http.createServer(RequestHandler) and new http.Server(RequestHandler) work

Solution courtesy of: swissnetizen

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