How can we force a reconnect for testing only

[elmcremotebridge]

I need a way to make sure that my function for reconnection is working. Is there a way that we can force a reconnection only for testing purposes?

client

 ws.io.on('reconnect', () => {
   // function stuff
 })

Then on the server some code to force reconnect so that we can make sure the reconnect stuff in the client run correctly

[elmcremotebridge]

Yes we can just do a quick restart on the server and that will cause a reconnect however I collect data logs and by doing a quick connect my data logs stop as well. It would be nice if we could call an ````emit("test-reconnect") to cause only that client emitting to reconnect.

[darrachequesne]

Hi! You can close the underlying engine:

const socket = io();

socket.on("connect", () => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    if (socket.io.engine) { // might be undefined if the client is not connected
      socket.io.engine.close();
    }
  }, 5000);
});