Socket.ioで一定時間おきにサーバーからクライアントにデータを送信する

大体やりたいことができるようになってきた。

var express = require("express");
var app = express();
var io = require("socket.io").listen(app.listen(3000));

//express code                                                                   
app.get("/",function(req,res){
    res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});
app.use(express.static(__dirname));

//socket.io code                                                                 
io.sockets.on('connection',function(socket){
  socket.emit('connect_ok',{message:'websocket communication ready'});

  socket.on('trigger1',function(data){
    console.log(data);
    setInterval(function(){externalFunc()},2000);
  });

  function externalFunc(){
    var	_label =	new Date().getSeconds();
    var _content = Math.random();
    socket.emit('signal1',{message:'external function emitted',label:_label,content:_content});
   }

});

index.html

<html>
<head>
  <title>socketmongo</title>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
  <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/socket.io/0.9.16/socket.io.min.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/flatstrap/css/bootstrap.css">
  <script>
    $(function(){
      var socket = io.connect();
      socket.on('connect_ok',function(data){
        console.log(data);
        $("#code").text(data["message"]);
        socket.emit('trigger1',{my:'data'});
      });
      socket.on('signal1',function(data){
        var label = data["label"];
        var content =  data["content"];
        $("#dataarea").append('<tr><td>'+label+'</td><td>'+content+'</td></tr>');
      });
    });
  </script>
  <style>
    body {
      margin: 30px 30px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h2>socket.io with MongoDB</h2>
  <h3 id="code"></h3>

  <h4>Emitted data</h4>
  <table id="dataarea" class="table table-striped">
    <thead>
     <tr>
      <th>data label</th>
      <th>data content</th>
     </tr>
     </thead>
    <tbody>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p id="signal"></p>

</body>
</html>