That link mentions that it's both a server and a client, which made me realize i didn't mention what i used server side. I used https://github.com/sitegui/nodej

That link mentions that it's both a server and a client, which made me realize i didn't mention what i used server side. I used https://github.com/sitegui/nodejs-websocket/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/sitegui/nodejs-websocket/blob/master/READ... which is extremely easy to set up and use. i don't doubt the value of socket.io but I for my purposes it was not optimal.