Unable to reach url /socket.io/1/?... using express on nodester

[juzerali]

I have tried creating a demo chat app on nodester. Although this app is working on my Windows 7 local, its not working on nodester. I have also asked a question on stackoverflow about this.

This is the error I am getting in browser's javascript console:

GET http://dlq.nodester.com/socket.io/1/?t=1333056376218 404 (Not Found) socket.io.js:1628
Socket.handshake socket.io.js:1628
Socket.connect socket.io.js:1667
Socket socket.io.js:1526
io.connect socket.io.js:91
scriptLoaded

This is my package.json

{
    "name": "application-name"
  ,  “node”:”v0.6.12”,
  , "version": "0.0.1"
  , "private": true
  , "dependencies": {
      "express": "2.5.8"
    , "jade": ">= 0.0.1"
    , "now": "*"
    , "socket.io: "*"
  }
}

Any ideas what might be the issue?

[steveWang]

Express currently breaks NowJS file-serving. Not sure how to fix.

[juzerali]

I don't think it is express that is breaking, since it is running fine on my local and on different devices on my private LAN. And on both nodester and my local I have Express 2.5.8 installed. It might have something to do with Operating System. I work on Windows 7, not sure about nodester's OS.

[FaisalAbid]

Hey, @juzerali - Did you get ever get this issue solved? I'm having the exact same problem.

[juzerali]

@FaisalAbid It has been a long time. I remember I did got around this issue. Not remember how though.

[topheman]

@FaisalAbid @juzerali any luck remembering your work around ? I have the same problem .... I get the socket.io.js client side script but the next request made is to : http://http/socket.io/1/?t=1349987996367 ...

[FaisalAbid]

Unfortunately, I never got it to work, and didn't spend too much time on it since it was dropped from scope.

[FaisalAbid]

However from what I can see, AppFog bought Nodestr, and this wasn't working on Nodester, so it could be something on their end. I know AppFog does not support websockets. Perhaps that has to do with something, even though Socket.io should fall back to polling if im not mistaken.

[topheman]

I found out, debugging the io.socket.js . It was my mistake ... I had different host configuration (local and nodester).

I had io.connect('http://'+hostname+':'port');

And i configured hostname = 'http://mydomainonnodester'

So, it tried to do io.connect('http://http://mydomainonnodester') ...

It works now ...

[juzerali]

This project is dead or what? No commits since last 8 months?

[riturajratan]

facing same issue can someone tell me that how to resolve it properly ?