nuxt-socket-io

Socket.io client and server module for Nuxt. Just plug it in and GO

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import nuxtSocketIo from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/nuxt-socket-io';
</script>

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📖 Release Notes

nuxt-socket-io

Socket.io client and server module for Nuxt

Features

  • Configuration of multiple IO sockets
  • Configuration of per-socket namespaces (simplified format)
  • Automatic IO Server Registration
  • Socket IO Status
  • Automatic Error Handling
  • Debug logging, enabled with localStorage item 'debug' set to 'nuxt-socket-io'
  • Automatic Teardown, enabled by default
  • $nuxtSocket vuex module and socket persistence in vuex
  • Support for dynamic APIs using the KISS API format
  • Support for the IO config in the new Nuxt runtime config (for Nuxt versions >= 2.13)
  • Automatic middleware registration
  • ES module

Important updates

  • v2.x may contain breaking changes in it's attempt to get Nuxt3 reaady. npm i nuxt-socket@1 should help revert any breaking changes in your code.
    • VuexOpts types and Namespace configuration types changed. Entries with the Record<string, string> have been deprecated in favor of string-only entries, which are easier to work with.
    • Package type is now "module". Entirely ESM.
    • Tested against node lts (16.x).
  • v1.1.17+ uses socket.io 4.x. You may find the migration here
  • v1.1.14+ uses socket.io 3.x. You may find the migration here
  • v1.1.13 uses socket.io 2.x.

Setup

  1. Add nuxt-socket-io dependency to your project
  • Nuxt 2.x:
npm i nuxt-socket-io
  • Nuxt 3.x:
npm i nuxt-socket-io@next
  1. Add nuxt-socket-io to the modules section of nuxt.config.js
{
  modules: [
    'nuxt-socket-io',
  ],
  io: {
    // module options
    sockets: [{
      name: 'main',
      url: 'http://localhost:3000'
    }]
  }
}
  1. Use it in your components:
{
  mounted() {
    this.socket = this.$nuxtSocket({
      channel: '/index'
    })
    /* Listen for events: */
    this.socket
    .on('someEvent', (msg, cb) => {
      /* Handle event */
    })
  },
  methods: {
    method1() {
      /* Emit events */
      this.socket.emit('method1', {
        hello: 'world' 
      }, (resp) => {
        /* Handle response, if any */
      })
    }
  }
}

Documentation

But WAIT! There's so much more you can do!! Check out the documentation:

https://nuxt-socket-io.netlify.app/

There you will see:

  • More details about the features, configuration and usage
  • Demos and examples, and link to a codesandbox so you can try things out as you follow along!
  • All the old docs that you originally saw here were moved there and better organized. Things should be much easier to follow now!

Resources

  • Follow me and the series on medium.com
  • Socket.io Client docs here
  • Socket.io Server docs here

Development

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Install dependencies using yarn install or npm install
  3. Start development server using yarn dev or npm run dev