Node.js socket.io listen to http request
var app = require('http').createServer(handler) , io = require('socket.io').listen(app) , fs = require('fs') , sharedVar = 10 //w w w . j a va 2 s.com app.listen(80); function handler (req, res) { console.log("The url of the request is "+req.url); if ((req.url === "/") || (req.url === "/index.html")) { fs.readFile(__dirname + '/index.html', function (err, data) { if (err) { res.writeHead(500); return res.end('Error loading index.html'); } res.writeHead(200); res.end(data); }); } else if (req.url === "/dashboard.html") { fs.readFile(__dirname + '/dashboard.html', function(err, data) { if (err) { res.writeHead(500); return res.end('Error loading dashboard.html'); } res.writeHead(200); res.end(data); } ); } } function increment() { console.log("Calling increment33."); sharedVar +=1; } function decrement() { console.log("Calling decrement33."); sharedVar -=1; } io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) { function updateAllSockets() { socket.emit('updateSharedVariable',sharedVar); socket.broadcast.emit('updateSharedVariable', sharedVar); } socket.on('upArrow', function() {increment(); updateAllSockets();}); socket.on('downArrow',function() {decrement(); updateAllSockets();}); });