use a parser that supports circular json

packages/extension/app/background.coffee

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ map     = require("lodash/map")
 pick    = require("lodash/pick")
 once    = require("lodash/once")
 Promise = require("bluebird")
+{ circularParser } = require("@packages/socket")
 
 HOST = "CHANGE_ME_HOST"
 PATH = "CHANGE_ME_PATH"
@@ -41,7 +42,11 @@ connect = (host, path, io) ->
 
   ## cannot use required socket here due
   ## to bug in socket io client with browserify
-  client = io.connect(host, {path: path, transports: ["websocket"]})
+  client = io.connect(host, {
+    path: path,
+    transports: ["websocket"]
+    parser: circularParser
+  })
 
   client.on "automation:request", (id, msg, data) ->
     switch msg

packages/runner/src/lib/event-manager.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import $Cypress, { $ } from '@packages/driver'
 const channel = io.connect({
   path: '/__socket.io',
   transports: ['websocket'],
+  parser: io.circularParser,
 })
 
 channel.on('connect', () => {

packages/server/lib/socket.coffee

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class Socket
       destroyUpgrade: false
       serveClient: false
       cookie: cookie
+      parser: socketIo.circularParser
     })
 
   startListening: (server, automation, config, options) ->

packages/server/test/integration/websockets_spec.coffee

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ describe "Web Sockets", ->
         @wsClient = socketIo.client(@cfg.proxyUrl, {
           path: @cfg.socketIoRoute
           transports: ["websocket"]
+          parser: socketIo.circularParser
         })
         @wsClient.on "connect", -> done()
 
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ describe "Web Sockets", ->
           agent: agent
           path: @cfg.socketIoRoute
           transports: ["websocket"]
+          parser: socketIo.circularParser
         })
         @wsClient.on "connect", -> done()
 
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ describe "Web Sockets", ->
         @wsClient = socketIo.client("https://localhost:#{wssPort}", {
           agent: agent
           path: @cfg.socketIoRoute
+          parser: socketIo.circularParser
         })
         @wsClient.on "connect", -> done()
 

packages/socket/lib/client.js

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+const circularParser = require('socket.io-circular-parser')
+
 module.exports = require('socket.io-client')
+
+module.exports.circularParser = circularParser

packages/socket/lib/socket.js

@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ const server = require('socket.io')
 const version = require('socket.io-client/package.json').version
 const clientPath = require.resolve('socket.io-client')
 const client = require('./client')
+const circularParser = require('socket.io-circular-parser')
 
 module.exports = {
   server,
 
   client,
 
+  circularParser,
+
   getPathToClientSource () {
     // clientPath returns the path to socket.io-client/lib/index.js
     // so walk up two levels to get to the root

packages/socket/package.json

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
     "lib"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "socket.io": "1.7.4",
-    "socket.io-client": "1.7.4"
+    "socket.io": "2.2.0",
+    "socket.io-circular-parser": "3.1.2",
+    "socket.io-client": "2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bin-up": "1.2.0",