Replace localhost with explicit 127.0.0.1

README.rst

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Emit. ::
 
     from socketIO_client_nexus import SocketIO, LoggingNamespace
 
-    with SocketIO('localhost', 8000, LoggingNamespace) as socketIO:
+    with SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, LoggingNamespace) as socketIO:
         socketIO.emit('aaa')
         socketIO.wait(seconds=1)
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Emit with callback. ::
     def on_bbb_response(*args):
         print('on_bbb_response', args)
 
-    with SocketIO('localhost', 8000, LoggingNamespace) as socketIO:
+    with SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, LoggingNamespace) as socketIO:
         socketIO.emit('bbb', {'xxx': 'yyy'}, on_bbb_response)
         socketIO.wait_for_callbacks(seconds=1)
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Define events. ::
     def on_aaa_response(*args):
         print('on_aaa_response', args)
 
-    socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000, LoggingNamespace)
+    socketIO = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, LoggingNamespace)
     socketIO.on('connect', on_connect)
     socketIO.on('disconnect', on_disconnect)
     socketIO.on('reconnect', on_reconnect)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Define events in a namespace. ::
             print('on_aaa_response', args)
             self.emit('bbb')
 
-    socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000, Namespace)
+    socketIO = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, Namespace)
     socketIO.emit('aaa')
     socketIO.wait(seconds=1)
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Define standard events. ::
         def on_disconnect(self):
             print('[Disconnected]')
 
-    socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000, Namespace)
+    socketIO = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, Namespace)
     socketIO.wait(seconds=1)
 
 Define different namespaces on a single socket. ::
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Define different namespaces on a single socket. ::
         def on_aaa_response(self, *args):
             print('on_aaa_response', args)
 
-    socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000)
+    socketIO = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000)
     chat_namespace = socketIO.define(ChatNamespace, '/chat')
     news_namespace = socketIO.define(NewsNamespace, '/news')
 
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ Connect via SSL (https://github.com/invisibleroads/socketIO-client/issues/54). :
     from socketIO_client_nexus import SocketIO
 
     # Skip server certificate verification
-    SocketIO('https://localhost', verify=False)
+    SocketIO('https://127.0.0.1', verify=False)
     # Verify the server certificate
-    SocketIO('https://localhost', verify='server.crt')
+    SocketIO('https://127.0.0.1', verify='server.crt')
     # Verify the server certificate and encrypt using client certificate
-    socketIO = SocketIO('https://localhost', verify='server.crt', cert=(
+    socketIO = SocketIO('https://127.0.0.1', verify='server.crt', cert=(
         'client.crt', 'client.key'))
 
 Specify params, headers, cookies, proxies thanks to the `requests <http://python-requests.org>`_ library. ::
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Specify params, headers, cookies, proxies thanks to the `requests <http://python
     from base64 import b64encode
 
     SocketIO(
-        'localhost', 8000,
+        '127.0.0.1', 8000,
         params={'q': 'qqq'},
         headers={'Authorization': 'Basic ' + b64encode('username:password')},
         cookies={'a': 'aaa'},
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Wait forever. ::
 
     from socketIO_client_nexus import SocketIO
 
-    socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000)
+    socketIO = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000)
     socketIO.wait()
 
 Don't wait forever. ::
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Don't wait forever. ::
     from socketIO_client_nexus import SocketIO
 
     try:
-        socket = SocketIO('localhost', 8000, wait_for_connection=False)
+        socket = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, wait_for_connection=False)
         socket.wait()
     except ConnectionError:
         print('The server is down. Try again later.')

socketIO_client_nexus/__init__.py

@@ -334,15 +334,15 @@ class SocketIO(EngineIO):
     - Pass query params, headers, cookies, proxies as keyword arguments.
 
     SocketIO(
-        'localhost', 8000,
+        '127.0.0.1', 8000,
         params={'q': 'qqq'},
         headers={'Authorization': 'Basic ' + b64encode('username:password')},
         cookies={'a': 'aaa'},
         proxies={'https': 'https://proxy.example.com:8080'})
     """
 
     def __init__(
-            self, host='localhost', port=None, Namespace=SocketIONamespace,
+            self, host='127.0.0.1', port=None, Namespace=SocketIONamespace,
             wait_for_connection=True, transports=TRANSPORTS,
             resource='socket.io', hurry_interval_in_seconds=1, **kw):
         self._namespace_by_path = {}

socketIO_client_nexus/namespaces.py

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def on_event(self, event, *args):
 
         - Call socketIO.on()
 
-            socketIO = SocketIO('localhost', 8000)
+            socketIO = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000)
             socketIO.on('my_event', my_function)
 
         - Call namespace.on()

socketIO_client_nexus/tests/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from ..exceptions import ConnectionError
 
 
-HOST = 'localhost'
+HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 9000
 DATA = 'xxx'
 PAYLOAD = {'xxx': 'yyy'}

socketIO_client_nexus/tests/index.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
 <script>
-var socket = io('//localhost:8000');
+var socket = io('//127.0.0.1:8000');
 var chat = io('/chat');
 var news = io('/news');
 

socketIO_client_nexus/tests/proxy.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var proxy = require('http-proxy').createProxyServer({
-  target: {host: 'localhost', port: 9000}
+  target: {host: '127.0.0.1', port: 9000}
 }).on('error', function(err, req, res) {
   console.log('[ERROR] %s', err);
   res.end();