Custom socket.io server.ts in nextjs baby.

import { createServer } from 'http'
import { parse } from 'url'
import next from 'next'

const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT || '3000', 10)
const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
const app = next({ dev })
const handle = app.getRequestHandler()

app.prepare().then(() => {
  const httpServer = createServer((req, res) => {
    const parsedUrl = parse(req.url!, true)
    handle(req, res, parsedUrl)
  })
  httpServer.listen(port)
  console.log(
    `> Server listening at http://localhost:${port} as ${dev ? 'development' : process.env.NODE_ENV
    }`
  )
})

#...imports
import { Server } from "socket.io";
# const httpServer = ...}
const io = new Server(httpServer, {
    // options
  });
# socket stuff
io.on("connect", (socket) => {
    console.log("Socket connected", socket.id)
    socket.on("msg", (data) => {
      console.log(data)
      socket.emit("msg", data)
    })
  });
# ...rest

"type": "module",
"scripts": {
  "dev": "nodemon",
  "build": "next build && tsc --project tsconfig.server.json",
  "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node dist/server.js"
},

{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "es2015",
    "outDir": "dist",
    "lib": ["es2019"],
    "target": "es2019",
    "isolatedModules": false,
    "noEmit": false
  },
  "include": ["server.ts"]
}

"use client";

import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import { io, Socket } from "socket.io-client";

export default function Home() {
  const socketRef = useRef<Socket | null>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    socketRef.current = io("ws://localhost:3000", {
      reconnectionDelayMax: 10000,
    });
    // Cleanup the socket connection on unmount
    return () => {
      socketRef.current?.disconnect();
    };
  }, []);

  const handleSend = () => {
    socketRef.current?.emit("msg", { a: "b", c: [] });
    socketRef.current?.on("msg", (data) => {
      console.log(data)
    })
  };

  return <Button onClick={handleSend}>Send</Button>
}