Socket.IO With basic authentication on Node

Question

I'm trying to write a simple websocket client to connect to a device. However the device expects a username and password and I'm having quite a bit of trouble finding how to pass that with the connection.

This is one of the ways I've tried it.

var io = require('socket.io-client'),
    socket = io.connect('192.168.1.25/eventstream', 
    {username: 'Admin', password: 'Admin'});

I'm sorry if this is something simple, node/socket.io are new to me so searching with the right terms is difficult. Any links are appreciated.

do you have documentation for the device? I suspect that username and password are supposed to be passed after a successful connection. — trex005
– trex005, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 21:10
Yes the "Authorization: Basic QWRtaW46QWRtaW4=" header is all it shows though. Full Request URI: ws://192.168.60.80/stream=true HTTP - WebSocket /stream=true HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.60.80 Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13 Sec-WebSocket-Key: sL7YXg61Aqzr7HXA3M9Gow== Authorization: Basic QWRtaW46QWRtaW4= Connection: keep-alive, Upgrade Upgrade: websocket — sk1tt1sh
– sk1tt1sh, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 21:19
this is just a stab in the dark, but since it's basic authentication you can try io.connect('http://Admin:[email protected]/eventstream') — trex005
– trex005, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 21:24
Nope :( that didn't work. When I do io.on('connect'.... it spits out "connected: false, disconnected: true" — sk1tt1sh
– sk1tt1sh, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 21:29
have you tried socket = io.connect('192.168.1.25/eventstream', {Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13, Sec-WebSocket-Key: 'sL7YXg61Aqzr7HXA3M9Gow==', Authorization: 'Basic QWRtaW46QWRtaW4=', Connection: 'keep-alive, Upgrade', Upgrade: 'websocket'} ? — trex005
– trex005, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 21:56

sk1tt1sh · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-26 19:38:21Z

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Woot! I feel a bit sheepish but...using https://github.com/theturtle32/WebSocket-Node I was able to get a connection.

var WebSocket = require('websocket').client;
var client = new WebSocket();
...
client.connect('ws://192.168.1.2', null, null, 
{'Authorization':'Basic QWRtaW46QWRtaW4='}, null);

Likely my lack of familiarity with javascript. Thanks for all the suggestions Aaron & trex005!

answered Jan 26, 2015 at 19:38

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