Server Socket Broadcast

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Description

Broadcast a message to all other connected sockets except for itself. Used most often after a socket level event occurs. E.g., a new message has arrived from an existing client socket, and you want to relay it onto all the other clients.

./src/server/server.ts

import { createServer } from 'http'
import { Server } from 'socket.io'
import * as express from 'express'
import * as path from 'path'

const port = 3000

const app = express()
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client')))

const server = createServer(app)

const io = new Server(server)

io.on('connection', (socket) => {
  console.log('a user connected : ' + socket.id)

  socket.emit('message', 'Hello ' + socket.id)

  socket.broadcast.emit('message', 'Everybody, say hello to ' + socket.id)

  socket.on('disconnect', () => {
    console.log('socket disconnected : ' + socket.id)

    socket.broadcast.emit('message', socket.id + ' has left the building')
  })
})

server.listen(port, () => {
  console.log('Server listening on port ' + port)
})

./src/client/client.ts

import { io } from 'socket.io-client'

const socket = io()

socket.on('connect', () => {
  document.body.innerText = 'Connected : ' + socket.id
})

socket.on('message', (message) => {
  document.body.innerHTML += '<p>' + message + '</p>'
})