var app = require('express')(); var http = require('http').Server(app); var io = require('socket.io')(http); var socketioJwt = require('socketio-jwt'); app.get('/', function(req, res){ res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html'); }); io .on('connection', socketioJwt.authorize({ secret: Buffer('YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET', 'base64'), timeout: 15000 // 15 seconds to send the authentication message })) .on('authenticated', function(socket){ console.log('connected & authenticated: ' + JSON.stringify(socket.decoded_token)); socket.on('chat message', function(msg){ debugger; io.emit('chat message', msg); }); }); http.listen(3001, function(){ console.log('listening on *:3001'); });