//using express
var express = require("express");
//creating instance of express
var app = express();
//using http with the instance of express
var http = require("http").createServer(app);
//creating socket.io instance with http
var io = require("socket.io")(http);

//creating listeners for new connections
io.on("connection", (socket) => {
    console.log("User connected: ", socket.id);
    //emitting a message to each user once connected
    io.to(socket.id).emit("new_message", {id: "999", msg: "Welcome back, your Id is " + socket.id});
})

//here I want to emit a message to a user by the URL params, the Id is the socket Id and the message is the message body, this is a non-socket proccess and therefore I need to use socket.io-emitter and this is where I'm having problems
app.get("/send/:id/:message", (request, result) => {
    io.to(request.params.id).emit({ id: "999", msg: request.params.message });
    result.send("Message Emitted Via API Call, Send to Id = " + request.params.id)
})

//creating the server
const port = 3001;
http.listen(port, () => {
    console.log("Listening to port " + port);
});