You need to use the socket.io client library, either get it from here , or refer to your CDN from your page as follows:
<script src="https://cdn.socket.io/socket.io-1.3.7.js"></script>
, , socket.io, socket.io http://<your-server-address>/socket.io/socket.io.js. :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Document</title>
<script src="http://localhost:8081/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
<script>
var socket = io('http://localhost:8081/');
socket.on('news', function (data) {
console.log(data);
socket.emit('my other event', { my: 'data' });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
, websocket.org github.