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Socket.IO events for the LivePosts real-time CRUD API.

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Server: http://localhost:3000

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Each request represents a Socket.IO event.

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Emit event: getPosts\nPayload: (none)

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Listen for: posts\nResponse:

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[\n  { \"_id\": \"...\", \"title\": \"Hello\", \"content\": \"World\" }\n]\n
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Emit event: createPost\nPayload:

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{\n  \"title\": \"My New Post\",\n  \"content\": \"This is the post content.\"\n}\n
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Listen for: postCreated (broadcast to all clients)\nResponse:

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{\n  \"message\": \"post created successfully\",\n  \"post\": { \"_id\": \"...\", \"title\": \"My New Post\", \"content\": \"...\" }\n}\n
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Emit event: updatePost\nPayload:

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{\n  \"postId\": \"<MongoDB _id>\",\n  \"title\": \"Updated Title\",\n  \"content\": \"Updated content goes here.\"\n}\n
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Listen for: postUpdated (broadcast to all clients)\nResponse:

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{\n  \"message\": \"post updated successfully\",\n  \"postId\": \"...\",\n  \"title\": \"Updated Title\",\n  \"content\": \"Updated content goes here.\"\n}\n
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Emit event: deletePost\nPayload: \"<MongoDB _id>\" (plain string, the post _id)

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Listen for: postDeleted (broadcast to all clients)\nResponse:

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{\n  \"message\": \"post deleted successfully\",\n  \"postId\": \"...\"\n}\n
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Emit event: searchPosts\nPayload: \"<search term>\" (plain string)

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Searches both title and content fields (case-insensitive regex).

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Listen for: searchResults (only sent back to the requesting socket)\nResponse:

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[\n  { \"_id\": \"...\", \"title\": \"Hello World\", \"content\": \"...\" }\n]\n
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