socket.io-titanium + https

Hi all,

I need expert answer to this issue!

Consider the following node.js code to start an https server:

var enable_ssl = true;
 
var app = express()
  , httpapp = express()
  , fs = require('fs') 
  , options = {
    key: fs.readFileSync('./cert/client.key'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('./cert/client.crt'),
    requestCert: true
}
  , server = (enable_ssl ? require('https').createServer(options, app) : require('http').createServer(app))
  , io = require('socket.io').listen(server);

And consider the following Titanium codes to connect to a secured url:

var socket = io.connect("https://localhost:4343", {secure: true});
 
socket.on("connect", function() {
    if (logger.is_debug_enabled) logger.logDebug("socket.on(\"connect\", function() {");
 
});
socket.on("disconnect", function() {
    if (logger.is_debug_enabled) logger.logDebug("socket.on(\"disconnect\", function() {");
 
});
socket.on("error", function(a, b, c) {
    if (logger.is_debug_enabled) logger.logDebug("socket.on(\"error\", function() { a: " + JSON.stringify(a) + " b: " + JSON.stringify(b) + " c: " + JSON.stringify(c));
});

I'm using socket.io (server) and socket.io-titanium (client) 0.9.

I've been testing with different scenarios arrived at the following conclusion:

• If I switch off the ssl (enable_ssl = false) everything works fine! Yay! However, we want it to be secured!
• If I switch on the ssl, and use 'https://..' on the client-side, I got an error that 'wss://' is an invalid protocol! I got by this by changing ti-websocket-client.js codes from if(!parsed || parsed[1] !== 'ws') {... to if(!parsed || (parsed[1] !== 'ws' && parsed[1] !== 'wss')) {.... However, it didn't fully work. The one thread in the app seems to get stuck at var bytesRead = this._socket.read(buffer); and eventually timed out.

I've read so many articles node.js, express, https, titanium in different permutations but none has so far tried this scenario I have.

So, I really need some expert/guru/superman advice here! Thanks in advance!