Instant message web service use socket.io

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I am developing an instant messaging web service, using Socket.IO. You can imagine it, workig like faceboọk chat. I need to make a report to my teacher and I don't know what type of web service is this? I don't think that it is a RESTFul web services. Can you help me?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '14 at 08:39

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Socket.IO is a java script based web api. It follows client server architecture but it's not a web service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket.IO

http://socket.io/

answered May 19 '14 at 08:39

kingAm

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '14 at 10:00

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Socket.IO uses the Web Sockets protocol, with a fallback to other techniques when a client uses an ancient browser.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket

answered May 19 '14 at 10:00

seppevs

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I chose xhr-polling instead of websocket – Ikarus May 19 '14 at 16:27

Instant message web service use socket.io

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