Socket.IO

Socket.IO is an event-driven library for real-time web applications. It enables real-time, bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. It consists of two components: a client, and a server. Both components have a nearly identical API.

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Software.name: Socket.IO
Software.logo: socket-io.svg
Software.logo upright: yes
Software.author: Guillermo Rauch
Software.developer: Automattic
Software.programming language: JavaScript
Software.operating system: Cross-platform
Software.genre: Event-driven networking
Software.license: MIT License

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: JavaScript library
Official website: github.com/socketio/socket.io#readme
Has use: event-driven programming

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copyright license: MIT License
programmed in: JavaScript
software version identifier: 4.7.2
source code repository URL: github.com/socketio/socket.io
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/socket.io
operating system: cross-platform

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Socket.IO 是一个面向实时的 JavaScript 库。它使得服务器和客户端之间实时双向的通信成为可能。他有两个部分：在浏览器中运行的客户端库，和一个面向Node.js的服务端库。两者有着几乎一样的API。像Node.js一样，它也是的. Socket.IO 主要使用WebSocket协议。但是如果需要的话，Socket.io可以回退到几种其它方法，例如Adobe Flash Sockets，JSONP拉取，或是传统的AJAX拉取，并且在同时提供完全相同的接口。尽管它可以被用作WebSocket的，它还是提供了许多其它功能，比如广播至多个套接字，存储与不同客户有关的数据，和。可以使用npm（node 软件包）工具来安装。

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