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+Socket.IO-Client-Swift
+======================
+
+socket.io-client for Swift
+
+Installation
+============
+1. Requires linking [SocketRocket](https://github.com/square/SocketRocket) against your xcode project.
+2. Create a bridging header for SocketRocket
+2. Copy the SwiftIO folder into your xcode project