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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