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Asked: 2026-05-30T03:11:11+00:00

The new iOS websocket library, SocketRocket , looks really awesome, and the chat example

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The new iOS websocket library, SocketRocket, looks really awesome, and the chat example project is really sweet. The example chat server is written in Python, of which I know none. I’m slightly familiar with socket.io on node.js and prefer to try javascript. I tried connecting the SocketRocket TestChat simulator app to the node.js(6.10) socket.io(0.8.7) but the connection was refused. (Also, I’m not a node expert either, so this may be a silly question).

In a recent answer to an SO question, mikelikespie said to op: “I suggest updating your stack to use the iOS WebSocket library we just released.”

What does that mean exactly? What is necessary to get the SocketRocket library to talk to a node socket.io server? Any sample code or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well you socket.io has it’s own protocol built on transport protocols such as websockets, or long polling, well SocketRocket is just a websocket library, no more. Socket.io also has some authentication, so it’s not possible to use it, with normal web sockets. What I suggest you to use is a just websocket server, no more than that. Such as ws, which should compatible. There are other libraries, but, ws I believe is actively developed at the moment, and newer than others.

    You can also make your clientside socket.io compatible, but I think its uneeded. Here’s the specs for it: https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io-spec

    Hope I helped.

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