# socket.io-client [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/socketio/socket.io-client.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/socketio/socket.io-client) [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/socketio/socket.io-client.svg)](https://david-dm.org/socketio/socket.io-client) [![devDependency Status](https://david-dm.org/socketio/socket.io-client/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/socketio/socket.io-client#info=devDependencies) ![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/socket.io-client.svg) ![Downloads](http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/socket.io-client.svg?style=flat) [![](http://slack.socket.io/badge.svg?)](http://slack.socket.io) [![Sauce Test Status](https://saucelabs.com/browser-matrix/socket.svg)](https://saucelabs.com/u/socket) ## How to use A standalone build of `socket.io-client` is exposed automatically by the socket.io server as `/socket.io/socket.io.js`. Alternatively you can serve the file `socket.io.js` found in the `dist` folder. ```html ``` ```js // with ES6 import import io from 'socket.io-client'; const socket = io('http://localhost'); ``` A slim build (without `JSON3`, a JSON polyfill for IE6/IE7, and `debug`) is also available: `socket.io.slim.js`. Socket.IO is compatible with [browserify](http://browserify.org/) and [webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) (see example [there](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/tree/2.0.3/examples/webpack-build)). ### Node.JS (server-side usage) Add `socket.io-client` to your `package.json` and then: ```js var socket = require('socket.io-client')('http://localhost'); socket.on('connect', function(){}); socket.on('event', function(data){}); socket.on('disconnect', function(){}); ``` ## API See [API](/docs/API.md) ## License [MIT](/LICENSE)