Pyramid Socket IO - interesting way to serve with a dynamic namespace. (includes pyramid.route magics)

gistfile1.py

from pyramid.interfaces import IRoutesMapper
from pyramid.request import Request

@view_config(route_name='socket_endpoint', renderer='json')
def socket_endpoint(request):
    """Create a socket endpoint for the client.
    """

    if 'ns' in request.params:

        # To match an arbitrary route from ``request.params['ns']``.
        ns = request.params['ns']
        dummy_request = Request.blank(ns)
        routes_mapper = request.registry.queryUtility(IRoutesMapper)
        mapper = routes_mapper(dummy_request)
        route, match = mapper['route'], mapper['match']

        if route and route.name == 'ions_engine_namespace':
            engine_id = match['engine_id']
            return socketio.socketio_manage(request.environ,
                                            {ns: EngineSpace},
                                            request=request)

    return {}

gistfile2.js

    // http://stackoverflow.com/a/19618408
    var connect = function (ns, opts) {
        opts = _.extend(opts || {}, {query: 'ns='+ns});
        return io.connect(ns, opts);
    }