Using express.js 4 with socket.io won't start

[expressjs]

Using express.js 4 with socket.io won't start

[dougwilson]

For your example, your files need to be laid out as follows:

app.js:

var app = require('express')();

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

module.exports = app;

io.js:

var io = require('socket.io')();

io.on('connection', function (socket) {
  socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' });
  socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
    console.log(data);
  });
});

module.exports = io;

bin/www:

#!/usr/bin/env node
var app = require('../app');
var io = require('../io');
var server = require('http').Server(app);

io.attach(server);
server.listen(80);

[devntd]

Hi all. How to use socket.io with router in expressjs generator? Thanks for all.

[bassoman]

I have a branch of express-generator which allows the inclusion of socket.Io. You are welcome to give it a try. git://github.com/bassoman/generator.git#socket.io-server-option

[weishiji]

Thanks very much. This problem trouble me for a long time

I am working on socket.io in my Nodejs project. I opted for this solution in order to require the io module and send messages via sockets. The problem with it is that whenever you require the io module, you are actually instantiating a new io variable and a new connection binding, which returns the wrong object and io.sockets.connected returns as an empty object. Any thoughts on how to solve this problem ?