console.log(io.sockets) inside route

gistfile1.js

{ manager: 
   { server: 
      { stack: [Object],
        connections: 7,
        allowHalfOpen: true,
        _handle: [Object],
        _events: [Object],
        httpAllowHalfOpen: false,
        cache: [Object],
        settings: [Object],
        redirects: {},
        isCallbacks: {},
        _locals: [Object],
        dynamicViewHelpers: [Object],
        errorHandlers: [],
        route: '/',
        routes: [Object],
        router: [Getter],
        _ns: [],
        __usedRouter: true },
     namespaces: { '': [Circular] },
     sockets: [Circular],
     _events: 
      { 'set:transports': [Object],
        'set:store': [Function],
        'set:origins': [Function],
        'set:flash policy port': [Function] },
     settings: 
      { origins: '*:*',
        log: true,
        store: [Object],
        logger: [Object],
        static: [Object],
        heartbeats: true,
        resource: '/socket.io',
        transports: [Object],
        authorization: [Function],
        blacklist: [Object],
        'log level': 2,
        'log colors': false,
        'close timeout': 60,
        'heartbeat interval': 25,
        'heartbeat timeout': 60,
        'polling duration': 20,
        'flash policy server': true,
        'flash policy port': 10843,
        'destroy upgrade': true,
        'destroy buffer size': 100000000,
        'browser client': true,
        'browser client cache': true,
        'browser client minification': false,
        'browser client etag': false,
        'browser client expires': 315360000,
        'browser client gzip': false,
        'browser client handler': false,
        'client store expiration': 15,
        'match origin protocol': false },
     handshaken: { '6609087532056719656': [Object] },
     connected: { '6609087532056719656': true },
     open: { '6609087532056719656': true },
     closed: {},
     rooms: { '': [Object], '/': [Object] },
     roomClients: { '6609087532056719656': [Object] },
     oldListeners: [ [Function] ],
     gc: { ontimeout: [Function] } },
  name: '',
  sockets: 
   { '6609087532056719656': 
      { id: '6609087532056719656',
        namespace: [Circular],
        manager: [Object],
        disconnected: false,
        ackPackets: 0,
        acks: {},
        flags: [Object],
        readable: true,
        store: [Object],
        _events: [Object],
        userId: '4f94613efb3d52421400002c',
        room: '' } },
  auth: false,
  flags: { endpoint: '', exceptions: [] },
  _events: { connection: [ [Function], [Function] ] } }