How can I send a message to a particular client with socket.io?

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Starting with socket.io + node.js, I know how to send a message locally and to broadcast socket.broadcast.emit() function:- all the connected clients receive the same message.

Now, I would like to know how to send a private message to a particular client, I mean one socket for a private chat between 2 person

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Nov 19th, 2020 By: Harisha

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Ans:  You can try the below code to send a message to a particular client with socket.io.


io.to(socket.id).emit("event", data);


Whenever the user joins into the server, the socket details will be generated including the ID. The UD is responsible for sending a message to a particular person or people.


The primary step is to store all the socket.ids in an array.


var person={};

person[name] =  socket.id;

The name will be the receiver name.

2 years ago - By anil
 
 

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