How to get socket.io.js file from server using sails.js - angularjs

I am trying to make a angularjs application, independent from a node.js server that is running sailsjs.
I would like to use socket.io for this application and apparently I need to get the socket.io.js file from the server.
In my client I load the js file in my Index.html file using:
<script src="http://localhost:1337/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
However sails do not deliver the file because of a handshake error.
Is there anyway to get the file from the server?
Thanks

If you don't need the node.js server, why don't you just copy the socket.io.js file to the web server, and fetch it from there?

The handshake error is explained here: https://github.com/balderdashy/sails/wiki/sockets#500-error-handshake-error-returned-from-socketio-request
You do not have a session with the server so when socket.io.js is included, there is no session cookie for it to use and the handshake fails. You need to make a successful request to the server beforehand that opens a session. This would need to be a CORS request since your server and their server are on different domains. CORS would need to be enabled on the server side using the method explained here: https://github.com/balderdashy/sails-wiki/blob/0.9/config.routes.md#cors-cross-origin-resource-sharing

The easy way is the Javascript Client SDK to communicate with Sails via sockets.
Here is the official project on github: https://github.com/balderdashy/sails.io.js

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