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# Sockets

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In the client, you can use 

```
const socket = useSocket(namespace);

socket.on('event', () => null);
socket.emit('event', 'toServer');
```

in the server, you can create a route handler in the api directory

```
export default function Route (instance) {
    instance.socket('namespace', {}, handler);
    
    async function handler(socket) {
        socket.on('event', () => null);
    }
}
```