# Socket ID of the dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/socket-id-of-the-dashboard/37867>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [22 December 2020 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/socket-id-of-the-dashboard/37867 "2020-12-22T06:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Becker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Becker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Becker)\
**Post date:** [22 December 2020 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/socket-id-of-the-dashboard/37867/1 "2020-12-22T06:51:46Z")

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Hi,  
can I affect the socketid ? =\> "IP:1880/ui/#!/0?socketid=AnUFbQQ1zxQzKf9sAAAL"

can I change "AnUFbQQ1zxQzKf9sAAAL" to a name that I determine ?  
where is the ID set ?

Greetings

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [22 December 2020 14:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/socket-id-of-the-dashboard/37867/2 "2020-12-22T14:31:55Z")

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No. The ID is created when the client and the server do their handshake. Also, if you reload the client, you will get a new socketid. It is generated by the [Socket.io](http://Socket.io) library.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [5 January 2021 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/socket-id-of-the-dashboard/37867/3 "2021-01-05T14:32:18Z")

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