I currently use the following code to allow users to create/join a specific room in socket.io:
socket.on('create', function (roomId) {
...
socket.join(roomId);
...
});
since the join function is used for both creating AND joining the same room, I would like tell the client if he was the one that created the room or just joined an existing one.
WHAT I TRIED TO DO
I tried to store the Id (and other informations not related to the problem), then check whenever that id already exists and emit a different message depending on the results. something like:
// "repo" is a variable declared globally
socket.on('create', function (roomId) {
...
socket.join(roomId);
if (repo.hasRoom(roomId)) {
app.io.sockets.in(roomId).emit('someone Joined');
} else {
app.io.sockets.in(roomId).emit('someone Created this room');
repo.saveRoom(roomId);
}
...
});
the above code doesn't work, as the client is unable to receive the message emitted (I guess because is on the "create" event). to be clear, I CAN determine on the server if a room is created, but the CLIENT doesn't know.
Is there an effective way to notify the client if he was responsible for creating or just joining a room?
