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@cypress/core-socket
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This is a shared lib for holding both the socket.io
server and client.
npm install --save @cypress/core-socket
var socket = require("@cypress/core-socket")
// returns
{
server: require("socket.io"),
client: require("socket.io-client"),
getPathToClientSource: function(){
// returns path to the client 'socket.io.js' file
// for use in the browser
}
}
var socket = require("@cypress/core-socket")
// server usage
var srv = require("http").createServer()
var io = socket.server(srv)
io.on("connection", function(){});
// client usage
var client = socket.client("http://localhost:2020")
client.on("connect", function(){})
client.on("event", function(){})
client.on("disconnect", function(){})
// path usage
socket.getPathToClientSource()
// returns your/path/to/node_modules/socket.io-client/socket.io.js0
FAQs
Cypress Shared Socket Libs
We found that @cypress/core-socket demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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