Express - Socket IO

Make API calls using Socket IO and Express for Node JS

I wanted to see how it may work to use Socket.io instead of using jQuery/AJAX requests to an Api.

Run it

Assuming you have Node and NPM installed

npm install

I would install nodemon globally

sudo npm install -g nodemon

Then run

nodemon app.js

Usage

This example uses an internal api

/api/posts

You could easily modify it to use any external Api

'/sockets/ApiSockets.js'
var api = new Api('v1.0.1', 'http://twitter.com/api/')

Listen for an emitter from the client

'app.js'
socket.on('get.posts')

You can make a GET request to that Api

'app.js'
api.Get(urlPath, socket, clientEmitter)

On the client side, any event can trigger a GET request (or whatever if you modify it)

$(".class").click(function(){
	socket.emit('get.posts', { action: 'clicked .class' });
});