The following code parts share some behavior. https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt.js/blob/dev/examples/with-sockets/server.js#L26 https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt.js/blob/dev/examples/with-sockets/io/index.js#L15
IMHO the module part is not required anymore and can be removed.
Thanks
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