Question

I use node.js and socket.io to create a real time web application. I will give the users full control of the socket connection, like manual disconnect and (re)connect.

function socket_connect()
{
    console.log('func socket_connect');
    socket = io.connect('http://url/to/the/app');
}

function socket_reconnect()
{
    console.log('func socket_reconnect');
    socket_connect();
}

function socket_disconnect ()
{
    console.log('func socket_disconnect');
    if (socket) socket.disconnect();
}

On client start up the socket_connect() function works fine, but after using socket.disconnect(), no new connection starts.

Answer 1

It works now, with socket.socket.reconnect()

function socket_connect()
{
    console.log('func socket_connect');
    socket = io.connect('http://url/to/the/app');
}

function socket_reconnect()
{
    console.log('func socket_reconnect');
    socket.socket.reconnect();
}

function socket_disconnect ()
{
    console.log('func socket_disconnect');
    if (socket) socket.disconnect();
}

Related: https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io-client/issues/251