var CheckCurrentShow = function() { show.GetCurrent(function(err, current) { if (!err && current) { var eventData = { id: current.tvlist_id, name: current.name }; io.sockets.emit('show_live', eventData); } setTimeout(CheckCurrentShow, 5000); }); }; CheckCurrentShow();

var CheckCurrentShow = function() { show.GetCurrent(function(err, current) { var timeout = 5000; if (!err && current) { var eventData = { id: current.tvlist_id, name: current.name }; timeout = current.time_end * 1000 – new Date().getTime(); io.sockets.emit('show_live', eventData); } setTimeout(CheckCurrentShow, timeout); }); };

$.getJSON('/some/url/', params, callback);

socket.emit('event_name', params, callback);

socket.on('other_event_name', callback);