# defer-to-connect > The safe way to handle the `connect` socket event [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/szmarczak/defer-to-connect/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/szmarczak/defer-to-connect?branch=master) Once you receive the socket, it may be already connected (or disconnected).
To avoid checking that, use `defer-to-connect`. It'll do that for you. ## Usage ```js const deferToConnect = require('defer-to-connect'); deferToConnect(socket, () => { console.log('Connected!'); }); ``` ## API ### deferToConnect(socket, connectListener) Calls `connectListener()` when connected. ### deferToConnect(socket, listeners) #### listeners An object representing `connect`, `secureConnect` and `close` properties. Calls `connect()` when the socket is connected.
Calls `secureConnect()` when the socket is securely connected.
Calls `close()` when the socket is destroyed. ## License MIT