Formatting messages to send to socket.io node.js server from python client

Question

I\'m trying to get a Python client talking to a Node.js server using Socket.io 0.7, by sending a custom event to the server.

Based on the Socket.io reference I have

Answer 1

Resolved. I needed to use double quotes. Single quotes are not valid JSON. Woops.

ws.send("5:1::{'name':'newimg', 'args':'bla'}")

Becomes:

ws.send('5:1::{"name":"newimg", "args":"bla"}')

Answer 2

I wrapped rod's research into a barebones socket.io client library.

pip install -U socketIO-client
python
    from socketIO_client import SocketIO
    with SocketIO('localhost', 8000) as socketIO:
        socketIO.emit('aaa')
        socketIO.wait(seconds=1)