Catch All Events in Server Side

[american423]

I would like to catch all events in server side in order to save all logs.

Is it possible to do something like this? (using wild card)

app.io.route('*', function(req) {

});

What I need to do is saving all event logs in mongoDB.

If there is any way, please give me an advise. (it is ok to override some code)

[techpines]

Do you want your logging callback to run and then the route?

[american423]

Yes. It is great to have a logging callback!

[svignara]

Has this issue been addressed? I am trying to log out the broadcast event (to see how many times it broadcasts based on how many sockets are open), but I am unable to do this in a callback. I try to listen to the event on the global app variable as well, like so..

app.io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){ socket.on('broadcast', function(){ console.log('msg broadcast'); }); });

But this too is not logging out the event. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated (fairly new to socket.io so I might be completely missing something). Thanks in advance!

[vinnitu]

I need something like this too.

In my case I have list of method allowed only for authenticated users. It it will be great to check user status (+authorization) before calling app.io.route

Maybe we can use some middlerware?

my view on this situation

app.io.validate(function(method, req) { var allow = ['foo', 'bar']; if (!req.session.authenticated && method id allow) { req.respond('denied!!'); } });

[Gomes81]

I need something like this too. I'm trying to implement a "fallback event", in other words, an event that is called when the called event is not defined. Anybody knows if this is possible?

[silkcom]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9001143/socket-io-how-do-i-handle-all-incoming-messages-on-the-server

There's a good starting place for whoever is going to code it into express.io :)

[Gomes81]

Thanks that works, I already saw that, but I was thinking that was only for client side, but works great on the server side to

[silkcom]

I would really like to see this built into the core of express.io app.io.route('*'...) seems like it would be the best syntax for that.