How to connect to socket.io using python

Question

I want to connect to Socket.IO server using python. Is there a way to do it?

I have tried websocket-client as suggested in this answer .

ws = create_connection("ws://example.com:1000/socket.io/")

That code throws this exception

websocket._exceptions.WebSocketConnectionClosedException: Connection is already closed.

I feel like I am missing parameters because the JS client connection URL looks like this:

ws://example.com:1000/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=websocket&sid=CHARSANDNUMBERS

Answer 1

You just need to use the url from the JS client, possibly without the sid:

ws = create_connection("ws://example.com:1000/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=websocket")

From my personal experience I didn't have that sid param, but just try to add it if it doesn't work without.

Answer 2

You can look at this: socketIO-client

As an example,

from socketIO_client import SocketIO

socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000)