Hi Ray,
Whenever I use a websocket, I track the origin of the socket. In my case,
I add a query param with some identifying information such as an authkey
which was dynamically generated on page load and inserted into the client
via javascript. When I make the request to open the socket server, using
socket.io, it looks something like this:
socket = io(connectUrl + "?authkey=" + connectKey, {forceNew: true});
:and on the server side, there is something that looks like this
oServer = new IOServer(server);
ioServer.origins(appConfig.origins);
ioServer.use(verifyConnection);
ioServer.on('connection', onConnect);
Notice the verifyConnection middleware being used, that looks like this,
removing the unimportant bits...
var verifyConnection = function(socket, next) {
var authkey = socket.request._query.authkey;
};
On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 7:26:54 PM UTC-7, Ray Jender wrote:
>
>
> Please bear with me as I am new to websockets.
>
> So, my problem is keeping track of websocket instances.
> I am trying to modify some existing open source javascript code.
>
> I have server.js, index.js and index.html files. As with any website,
> it could have many users browsing the page. There is only a single
> webpage.
>
> The basic operation is: index.html --> index.js --> server.js --> index.js
>
> What I am having a hard time wrapping my head around is associating the
> websocket with the browser. What I want to do is be able to update
> each webpage with the number of users. I have googled tons of sites but
> I am still very confused on how this should work.
>
> I've seen a thing like ws.broadcast, but I am having a hard time trying to
> implement that. It seems that the way the opensource code I am using
> initializes
> websockets way different than the examples I am seeing.
>
> I am using node v0.10.42, npm 1.4.29, express 4.12.4, minimist 1.1.1, ws
> 0.7.2, bower 1.4.1
>
> I need a tutor to help me through this! Care to volunteer? I would be
> so appreciative!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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