tnj/ruby-socket.io-client-simple

A simple ruby client for node.js's socket.io. Supports only WebSocket.

SocketIO::Client::Simple

A simple ruby client for Node.js's Socket.IO v1.3.x, Supports only WebSocket.

• https://github.com/shokai/ruby-socket.io-client-simple
• https://rubygems.org/gems/socket.io-client-simple

Install

gem install

% gem install socket.io-client-simple  # latest version, supports Socket.IO v1.3.x

or use Gemfile with Bundler

gem 'socket.io-client-simple', '< 1.0'  # for Socket.IO v0.9.x
gem 'socket.io-client-simple'           # for Socket.IO v1.3.x

Usage

samples/sample.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'socket.io-client-simple'

socket = SocketIO::Client::Simple.connect 'http://localhost:3000'

## connect with parameter
socket = SocketIO::Client::Simple.connect 'http://localhost:3000', :foo => "bar"

socket.on :connect do
  puts "connect!!!"
end

socket.on :disconnect do
  puts "disconnected!!"
end

socket.on :chat do |data|
  puts "> " + data['msg']
end

socket.on :error do |err|
  p err
end

puts "please input and press Enter key"
loop do
  msg = STDIN.gets.strip
  next if msg.empty?
  socket.emit :chat, {:msg => msg, :at => Time.now}
end

sample.rb works with samples/chat_server.coffee.

start chat server

% npm install
% coffee samples/chat_server.coffee

=> chat server start at localhost:3000

ruby sample.rb

% ruby samples/sample.rb

Test

% gem install bundler
% bundle install
% npm install
% bundle exec rake test

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request