new_contents: import websocket, httplib, sys, asyncore
  
  '''
      connect to the socketio server
      1. perform the HTTP handshake
      2. open a websocket connection '''
  def connect(server, port):
      
      print("connecting to: %s:%d" %(server, port))
      
      conn  = httplib.HTTPConnection(server + ":" + str(port))
      conn.request('POST','/socket.io/1/')
      resp  = conn.getresponse() 
      hskey = resp.read().split(':')[0]
  
      ws = websocket.WebSocket(
                      'ws://'+server+':'+str(port)+'/socket.io/1/websocket/'+hskey,
                      onopen   = _onopen,
                      onmessage = _onmessage,
                      onclose = _onclose)
      
      return ws
  
  def _onopen():
      print("opened!")
  
  def _onmessage(msg):
      print("msg: " + str(msg))
  
  def _onclose():
      print("closed!")
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      if len(sys.argv) != 3:
          sys.stderr.write('usage: python client.py <server> <port>\n')
          sys.exit(1)
      
      server = sys.argv[1]
      port = int(sys.argv[2])
      
      ws = connect(server, port)
      
      try:
          asyncore.loop()
      except KeyboardInterrupt:
          ws.close()
      
      
  
subject: Add socket io client example