Node.js and Socket.io UTF8 Validation TypeError coming from ws

[RayceRossum]

Getting this error when validating data received from the client through socket.io.

C:\Users\Rayce\Documents\SENG513\node-js-getting-started\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\ws\lib\Receiver.js:532 6:23:55 PM web.1 | if (!Validation.isValidUTF8(messageBuffer)) { 6:23:55 PM web.1 | ^ 6:23:55 PM web.1 | TypeError: Cannot read property 'isValidUTF8' of undefined 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at C:\Users\Rayce\Documents\SENG513\node-js-getting-started\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\ws\lib\Receiver.js:532:28 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at C:\Users\Rayce\Documents\SENG513\node-js-getting-started\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\ws\lib\Receiver.js:368:7 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at C:\Users\Rayce\Documents\SENG513\node-js-getting-started\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\ws\lib\PerMessageDeflate.js:249:5 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at afterWrite (_stream_writable.js:355:3) 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at onwrite (_stream_writable.js:346:7) 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at WritableState.onwrite (_stream_writable.js:89:5) 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at afterTransform (_stream_transform.js:79:3) 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at TransformState.afterTransform (_stream_transform.js:54:12) 6:23:55 PM web.1 | at Zlib.callback (zlib.js:613:5) [DONE] Killing all processes with signal null 6:23:55 PM web.1 Exited with exit code 1

Editing out this section of code in Receiver.js,
if (!Validation.isValidUTF8(messageBuffer)) { self.error('invalid utf8 sequence', 1007); return; }
stops the error from occuring but I would prefer a better solution as I'd like to use NPM and can't be bothered to redo this every time an update occurs.

I have also tried installing utf-8-validate into the node_modules folder of socket.io

[vonzimr]

So, it appears you've closed, reopened, then closed this issue. I'm assuming you've solved this problem, then? Wanna enlighten us folks who are still having this problem?

[vonzimr]

I figured out a fix that doesn't require deleting the if statement.
in Receiver.js which lives in in the socket.io/node_modules/ws folder,
set isValidUTF8 = require('./Validation'),
see the example here: https://github.com/websockets/utf-8-validate

I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with the version of utf-8-validate that's being installed for this library though, meaning this issue should still be open?

[lpinca]

@vonzimr socket.io is using a version of ws which is not compatible with the latest version of utf-8-validate.

See socketio/engine.io#495.