diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index afc6a8bd6c..5fda33b6bd 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 const express = require('express')
 const app = express()
+
+const server=require('http').Server(app)
+const io=require('socket.io')(server)
+
+io.on('connection', function (socket) {
+    console.log('a user is connected');
+    socket.on('chat-message', function (msg) {
+        console.log('message is :', msg);
+        io.emit('chat-message', msg)
+    })
+})
+
 app.all('/', (req, res) => {
     console.log("Just got a request!")
-    res.send('Yo!')
+    res.send('Yoooo!')
+})
+app.get('/test',(req,res)=>{
+    res.status(200).send('hello')
 })
-app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000)
\ No newline at end of file
+server.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 555476cc94..1d9116b24c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5,10 +5,38 @@
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   "packages": {
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       "license": "ISC",
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+        "express": "^4.18.2",
+        "socket.io": "^4.7.4"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@socket.io/component-emitter": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@socket.io/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-3.1.0.tgz",
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+    "node_modules/@types/cookie": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/cookie/-/cookie-0.4.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/cors/-/cors-2.8.17.tgz",
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+      }
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+    "node_modules/@types/node": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.11.17.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64id/-/base64id-2.0.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cors/-/cors-2.8.5.tgz",
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+        "object-assign": "^4",
+        "vary": "^1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz",
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+        "@types/cors": "^2.8.12",
+        "@types/node": ">=10.0.0",
+        "accepts": "~1.3.4",
+        "base64id": "2.0.0",
+        "cookie": "~0.4.1",
+        "cors": "~2.8.5",
+        "debug": "~4.3.1",
+        "engine.io-parser": "~5.2.1",
+        "ws": "~8.11.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.2.0"
+      }
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+    "node_modules/engine.io-parser": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io-parser/-/engine.io-parser-5.2.2.tgz",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-html/-/escape-html-1.0.3.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object-assign/-/object-assign-4.1.1.tgz",
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@@ -547,6 +660,85 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io/-/socket.io-4.7.4.tgz",
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