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Socket IO reconnect?

rated 0 times [ 195] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 95022 / 12 Years ago, thu, may 3, 2012, 12:00:00

How to reconnect to socket io once disconnect has been called?

Here's the code

function initSocket(__bool){                    

    if(__bool == true){             

        socket = io.connect('http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8081', {secure:false});     

        socket.on('connect', function(){console.log('connected')});                                 

        socket.on('disconnect', function (){console.log('disconnected')});

    }else{

        socket.disconnect();

        socket = null;

    }

}

If I do initSocket(true), it works. If I do initSocket(false), it disconnects. BUT THEN if I try to reconnect using initSocket(true), the connection does not work anymore. How can I get the connection to work?

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answered 12 Years ago wilson · Accepted Answer

Well, you have an option here ...

The first time you initialize the socket value you should connect with io.connect,

The next time ( after you've called disconnect once ), you should connect back with socket.socket.connect().

So your initSocket, should be something like

function initSocket(__bool){                    

    if(__bool){          

        if ( !socket ) {   

            socket = io.connect('http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8081', {secure:false});     

            socket.on('connect', function(){console.log('connected')});                                 

            socket.on('disconnect', function (){console.log('disconnected')});

        } else {

            socket.socket.connect(); // Yep, socket.socket ( 2 times )

        }

    }else{

        socket.disconnect();

        // socket = null; <<< We don't need this anymore

    }

}