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error init 'socket.io' for node

See original GitHub issue

server.js

const content = require('fs').readFileSync(__dirname + '/index.html', 'utf8');

const httpServer = require('http').createServer((req, res) => {
  // serve the index.html file
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
  res.setHeader('Content-Length', Buffer.byteLength(content));
  res.end(content);
});

const io = require('socket.io')(httpServer);

io.on('connect', socket => {
  console.log('connect');
});

httpServer.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('go to http://localhost:3000');
});

============================== 2) index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Minimal working example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <ul id="events"></ul>

    <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
    <script>
        const $events = document.getElementById('events');

        const newItem = (content) => {
          const item = document.createElement('li');
          item.innerText = content;
          return item;
        };

        const socket = io();

        socket.on('connect', () => {
          $events.appendChild(newItem('connect'));
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

=========================== error:

c:\111\node_modules\socket.io\dist\index.js:248 stream_1.pipeline(readStream, zlib_1.createGzip(), res, onError) ; ^

TypeError: stream_1.pipeline is not a function at Function.sendFile (c:\111\node_modules\socket.io\dist\index.js:248:26) at Server.serve (c:\111\node_modules\socket.io\dist\index.js:224:16) at Server.srv.on (c:\111\node_modules\socket.io\dist\index.js:185:22) at emitTwo (events.js:126:13) at Server.emit (events.js:214:7) at parserOnIncoming (_http_server.js:602:12) at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:116:23)