Socket.io custom client ID

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You can create an array on the server, and store custom objects on it. For example, you could store the id created by Socket.io and a custom ID sent by each client to the server:

var util = require("util"),
    io = require('/socket.io').listen(8080),
    fs = require('fs'),
    os = require('os'),
    url = require('url');

    var clients =[];

    io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {

        socket.on('storeClientInfo', function (data) {

            var clientInfo = new Object();
            clientInfo.customId         = data.customId;
            clientInfo.clientId     = socket.id;
            clients.push(clientInfo);
        });

        socket.on('disconnect', function (data) {

            for( var i=0, len=clients.length; i<len; ++i ){
                var c = clients[i];

                if(c.clientId == socket.id){
                    clients.splice(i,1);
                    break;
                }
            }

        });
    });

in this example, you need to call storeClientInfo from each client.

<script>
    var socket = io.connect('http://localhost', {port: 8080});

    socket.on('connect', function (data) {
        socket.emit('storeClientInfo', { customId:"000CustomIdHere0000" });
    });
</script>

Hope this helps.

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