Node js client for a socket io server

Question

I have a socket io server running and a matching webpage with a socket io js client  All works fine   But  I am wondering if it is possible  on another machine  to run a separate node js application which would act as a client and connect to the mentioned socket io server

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That should be possible using Socket IO-client  https   github com LearnBoost socket io-client

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Adding in example for solution given earlier  By using socket io-client https   github com socketio socket io-client   Client Side     client js var io   require  socket io-client    var socket   io connect  http   localhost 3000    reconnect  true        Add a connect listener socket on  connect   function  socket        console log  Connected         socket emit  CH01    me    test msg      Server Side      server js var app   require  express      var http   require  http   Server app   var io   require  socket io   http    io on  connection   function  socket      console log  connection       socket on  CH01   function  from  msg        console log  MSG   from    saying    msg               http listen 3000  function        console log  listening on   3000          Run    Open 2 console and run node server js and node client js

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After installing socket io-client   npm install socket io-client   This is how the client code looks like   var io   require  socket io-client    socket   io connect  localhost         port  1337     socket on  connect   function      console log  socket connected        socket emit  private message     user   me   msg   whazzzup         Thanks alessioalex

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Yes you can use any client as long as it is supported by socket io  No matter whether its node  java  android or swift  All you have to do is install the client package of socket io

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Client side code  I had a requirement where my nodejs webserver should work as both server as well as client  so i added below code when i need it as client  It should work fine  i am using it and working fine for me    const socket   require  socket io-client    http   192 168 0 8 5000                 reconnection  true              reconnectionDelay  10000                            socket on  connect    data    gt                console log  Connected to Socket                                 socket on  event name    data    gt                console log  quot -----------------received event data from the socket io server quot                               either  io server disconnect  or  io client disconnect          socket on  disconnect    reason    gt                console log  quot client disconnected quot                if  reason      io server disconnect                      the disconnection was initiated by the server  you need to reconnect manually               console log  quot server disconnected the client  trying to reconnect quot                  socket connect                 else                  console log  quot trying to reconnect again with server quot                                 else the socket will automatically try to reconnect                            socket on  error    error    gt                console log error

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