Socket.io-client: How to import an instance of "io" in socket.io-client in ES6?

Created on 9 Jan 2017 · 5Comments · Source: socketio/socket.io-client

Sorry to bring up this here. I couldn't find any information of importing it in ES6 syntax. Is it supported now? Do I have to use require('socket.io-client')? If I use import * as io from 'socket.io-client' I have to use io.connect('localhost'). But if I use require('socket.io-client') I just need to use io('localhost').

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crazyyi

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Doing import io from 'socket.io-client' will give you a direct reference to io.

violetlight on 4 Mar 2017

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Doing import io from 'socket.io-client' will give you a direct reference to io.

violetlight on 4 Mar 2017

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import ioClient from 'socket.io-client'

let io = ioClient('http://your-host')

faizalpribadi on 22 Jun 2017

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how do you pass options in this case?

crung on 26 Sep 2018

Try doing something like this:

`import express from 'express';
import http from 'http';
import SocketIO from 'socket.io';
import compression from 'compression';
import {validNick, findIndex, sanitizeString} from '../shared/util';

let app = express();
let server = http.Server(app);
let io = new SocketIO(server);`