req.isSocket

A flag indicating whether or not this request (req) originated from a Socket.io connection.

Usage

  1. req.isSocket;

Example

  1. if (req.isSocket){
  2.   // You're a socket.  Do cool socket stuff.
  3. }
  4. else {
  5.   // Just another HTTP request.
  6. }

Notes

  • Useful for allowing HTTP requests to skip calls to pubsub or WebSocket-centric methods like subscribe() or watch() that depend on an actual Socket.io request. This allows you to reuse backend code, using it for both WebSocket and HTTP clients.
  • As you might expect, req.isSocket doesn’t need to be checked before running methods which publish to other connected sockets. Those methods don’t depend on the request, so they work either way.