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Instant message web service use socket.io

I am developing an instant messaging web service, using Socket.IO. You can imagine it, workig like faceboọk chat. I need to make a report to my teacher and I don't know what type of web service is this? I don't think that it is a RESTFul web services. Can you help me?

Solution

  • Socket.IO is a java script based web api. It follows client server architecture but it's not a web service.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket.IO

    http://socket.io/