How to access io in BootScript

[Rajkaran Chauhan]

I am on loopback 3.0  

Want to access app.io object in boot script or if possible socket object. I want to create events in boot script instead of server.js.

Is it possible to do?

Raj

[Raymond Feng]

The boot script can have an optional callback argument, for example:

module.export = function(app, callback) {

 // …

 // DO I/O

}

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[Rajkaran Chauhan]

what input output I will be doing in async boot script. What I have read so far is app object is same for both type of boot scripts.  Can you provide me a code snippet.

[Francois Laforge]

The I/O is exactly what Raymond wrote.  Your boot script will have one of the two signatures:

moodule.exports = function(app){
  // code goes here
  return;  // don't forget to return because it's syncronous
}

module.exports = function(app, callback){
  // same code goes here
  callback(err); // callback has an error param in case of error
}

[Rajkaran Chauhan]

I have solved the problem by following this thread https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/loopbackjs/6qpQwggf2_c

All I was missing is

app.on('started', function() {});

 I am posting my code here for those who are looking for same answer.

server.js

if (require.main === module){

    //   app.start();

     app.io = require('socket.io')(app.start());

       

  }

boot/realtime.js

module.exports = function(app) {

    app.on('started', function() {

        console.log(app.io)

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

            console.log('a user connected');

            var received = ['welcome to the chat'];

            socket.emit('message', { message: received });

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

                received.push(data.message);

                console.log('received', received)

                socket.emit('message', {message : received});

            });

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

                console.log('user disconnected');

            });

        });

    });

}