Socket.io message event firing multiple times

Question

I was trying to learn node and started creating a mashup with socket.io The message transportation have begin but I have run into some trouble.

The message event is

Answer 1

The whole part of socket.io code has to go outside external.chat function. Socket IO has to bind with the http/app server, you should not handle it within each request.

the messages are firing the number of times = the sequence of connection of the client

What essentially happening is, each time a new request arrives you are registering a event handler for message, hence it is fired as many times as the you have accessed chat URL.

io.socket.on('message', function (data) {...})