# @loopback/example-socketio

This examples gives a basic implementation of socketio with loopback 4.

This shows how to get base setup done.

Also how to manage different namespaces which are configured and registered as
controllers.

This application is generated using
[LoopBack 4 CLI](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/Command-line-interface.html)
with the
[initial project layout](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/Loopback-application-layout.html).

## Install dependencies

By default, dependencies were installed when this application was generated.
Whenever dependencies in `package.json` are changed, run the following command:

```sh
npm install
```

To only install resolved dependencies in `package-lock.json`:

```sh
npm ci
```

## Run the application

```sh
npm start
```

You can also run `node .` to skip the build step.

Open http://127.0.0.1:3000 in your browser.

## Rebuild the project

To incrementally build the project:

```
npm run build
```

To force a full build by cleaning up cached artifacts:

```
npm run clean
npm run build
```

## Fix code style and formatting issues

If `eslint` and `prettier` are enabled for this project, you can use the
following commands to check code style and formatting issues.

```sh
npm run lint
```

To automatically fix such issues:

```sh
npm run lint:fix
```

## Other useful commands

- `npm run migrate`: Migrate database schemas for models
- `npm run openapi-spec`: Generate OpenAPI spec into a file
- `npm run docker:build`: Build a Docker image for this application
- `npm run docker:run`: Run this application inside a Docker container

## Tests

```sh
npm test
```

## What's next

Please check out [LoopBack 4 documentation](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/) to
understand how you can continue to add features to this application.

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