JAVASCRIPT

socket-client-io for reconnection in js or javascript

var connected = false;
const RETRY_INTERVAL = 10000;
var timeout;

socket.on('connect', function() {
  connected = true;
  clearTimeout(timeout);
  socket.send({'subscribe': 'schaftenaar'});
  content.html("<b>Connected to server.</b>");
});

socket.on('disconnect', function() {
  connected = false;
  console.log('disconnected');
  content.html("<b>Disconnected! Trying to automatically to reconnect in " +                   
                RETRY_INTERVAL/1000 + " seconds.</b>");
  retryConnectOnFailure(RETRY_INTERVAL);
});

var retryConnectOnFailure = function(retryInMilliseconds) {
    setTimeout(function() {
      if (!connected) {
        $.get('/ping', function(data) {
          connected = true;
          window.location.href = unescape(window.location.pathname);
        });
        retryConnectOnFailure(retryInMilliseconds);
      }
    }, retryInMilliseconds);
  }

// start connection
socket.connect();
retryConnectOnFailure(RETRY_INTERVAL);