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Reputation: 1183

Socket.io not emitting from Client to Server

I have a server-client connection protocol established as such:

Server:

const app = express();
const http = require('http');
const server = http.createServer(app);
const io = require('socket.io').listen(server);
io.on('connection', function (socket) {
    "use strict";
    socket.emit('connectionSuccess', {});
    socket.emit('initmap', map.objects);

    io.on('test', function (event) {
        console.log('received client emit');
    });
});

Client:

socket.on('connectionSuccess', function (event) {
    console.log('connection successful');
    socket.emit('test', {"test": "data"});
});

When the server runs on a specified port, and a user accesses the client, a connection is established and the client console outputs a connection success.

The server is able to emit 'initmap' to send data to the client for it to be read, however, the same can't be said for sending test data from the client back to the server upon connection.

Why is it that emits seem to only work from server to client and not client to server in this instance?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 456

Answers (1)

robertklep
robertklep

Reputation: 203534

You should listen for test events on the socket instance, not on the server instance:

io.on('connection', function (socket) {
  ...
  socket.on('test', function (event) {    // <-- `socket.on()` instead of `io.on()`
    console.log('received client emit');
  });
});

Upvotes: 2

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