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Adds a socket event listener.

server.on(event, handler)

Adds a socket event listener.

server.on("notifications", function(data, ackFn){
  console.log("Received " + data);
  ackFn("Acknowledged, thank you");
});

Parameters

  1. event {string}:

    The name of the socket event to listen for.

  2. handler {SocketEventListener()}:

    The handler that will be executed to handle the socket event.

server.on(eventsObject)

A short hand method to add multiple event listeners.

server.on({
  "news": handleNews,
  "tweets": handleTweets,
  "users": handleUsers
});

Parameters

  1. eventsObject {object}:

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