Chrome Extension Socket io node js

Question

I need to create a chrome extension which shows a notification when we get a message from socket io node js server.

How to include socket io in chrome extension? I am n

Answer 1

Since you only need the socket.io-client, this is what you should be doing:

"background": {
  "scripts": [
    "socket.io.js",
    "background.js"
  ]
},

Download and add the socket.io.js file from here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automattic/socket.io-client/1.3.5/socket.io.js