engine.io websocket server for use with io.

npm install io-server

IO-server supports URL-based pooling. For example on the client-side:

IO.connect('/app/a/1') // gets events from sockets connected to: /app/a/1
IO.connect('/app/a/2') // gets events from sockets connected to: /app/a/2
IO.connect('/app/a') // gets all events from sockets connected to: /app/a/*
IO.connect('/app/b') // gets events from sockets connected to: /app/b
IO.connect('/app') // gets all events from sockets connected to: /app/*
IO.connect('/') // gets all events from all sockets

For security purposes, you'll probably want to prevent clients from connecting to root.

Note: For pooling to work, you'll need to add the express.query middleware before engine.io handles the request.

You can catch any event sent to the server by using IO.on(event).

es.on('connection', IO)
IO.on('signup', function(json) {
  json.id = uid;
  this.emit('signup successful', json);
})

Authentication is delegated to the middleware level of express. You can stack authentication or validation middleware before engine.io handles the request.

app.configure(function() {
  app.use(express.query());
  app.use(auth);
  app.use(validate);
  app.use('/engine.io', es.handleRequest.bind(es));
});

/**
 * Module Dependencies
 */

var express = require('express'),
    engine = require('engine.io'),
    IO = require('io-server'),
    app = express(),
    es = new engine.Server(),
    server = require('http').createServer(app);

/**
 * Handle the upgrade
 */

server.on('upgrade', function(req, socket, head) {
  es.handleUpgrade(req, socket, head);
});

/**
 * Configuration
 */

app.configure(function() {
  app.use(express.logger('dev'));
  app.use(express.query());
  app.use('/engine.io', es.handleRequest.bind(es));
  app.use(express.errorHandler());
});

/**
 * Handle the connection
 */

es.on('connection', IO);

/**
 * Bind to port
 */

server.listen(8080);
console.log('Server started on port 8080');

Head over to io for tests.

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Copyright (c) 2012 Matthew Mueller <mattmuelle@gmail.com>

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