socketio

name	socketio
description	Socket.io rooms, namespaces, adapters, middleware, and real-time patterns.
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep
graph	{"domains":["domain:web-development"],"specializations":["specialization:web-development"],"skillAreas":["skill-area:websocket-design"],"roles":["role:backend-engineer","role:fullstack-engineer"],"topics":["topic:event-driven-architecture"]}

Socket.io Skill

Expert assistance for building real-time applications with Socket.io.

Capabilities

• Configure Socket.io server
• Implement rooms and namespaces
• Use Redis adapter for scaling
• Handle authentication middleware
• Build event-driven patterns
• Implement acknowledgements

Usage

Invoke this skill when you need to:

• Build real-time applications
• Implement chat rooms
• Scale WebSocket servers
• Handle complex event patterns

Server Setup

import { Server } from 'socket.io';
import { createAdapter } from '@socket.io/redis-adapter';
import { createClient }  ;

 io =  (httpServer, {
  : { :  },
});


 pubClient = ({ : process.. });
 subClient = pubClient.();
io.((pubClient, subClient));


io.( {
   token = socket...;
   {
    socket. = (token);
    ();
  }  {
    ( ());
  }
});


 chatNamespace = io.();

chatNamespace.(,  {
  socket.(,  {
    socket.(roomId);
    socket.(roomId).(, socket.);
  });

  socket.(,  {
    io.(roomId).(, {
      : socket.,
      content,
      : .(),
    });
  });
});