can one use socket.io for domain sockets?

Question

I was planning on using socket.io to connect to my node.js client to a server using POSIX sockets.

The server is being redesigned to support domain sockets since both server and my node client will always run on the same host.

Can I still use socket.io module or do I have to look for some other module?

Answer 1

At the moment there is no support for POSIX domain sockets in socket.io as far as I can tell from scanning the github projects. Your best bet might be to consider coding your own engine.io transport and contributing it to the project or just use node's regular socket support to send messages back and forth.

Can I still use socket.io module or do I have to look for some other module?

Depending on exactly what functionality you are trying to build, there's a good chance just regular old node core socket functionality over posix sockets will get the job done. I wouldn't look for another module unless there's something significant to really warrant it.