Node JS + Socket.IO + Chrome Extension Integration

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The followings are the steps to integrate Socket.io in Chrome extension. We wanted to allow message passing in our Chrome application, and socket.io is the best option to do so. Chrome extension doesn’t allow its native socket connection due to security issues. But we can achieve this via JavaScript socket connection. On the server side, we have used Node JS. The following is the architecture of Node JS, Chrome extension, and Socket.io integration.