trouble moving socketio server from localhost to ssl nginx

Some of the stesp I have taken include

• modifying nginx setup

    map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
        default upgrade;
        ''      close;
    }
  
    server {
      server_name services.parleyvale.com;
    ...
    location /s2gio/ {
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3222;
      proxy_http_version 1.1;
      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
      proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }...
  

but network tab gave me 404's so on my client (react) app added

• modifying client

    //var socket = io.connect(cfg.urls.socket)
  
    var socket = io.connect(cfg.urls.socket,{
      secure: true,
      rejectUnauthorized: false,
      path: '/s2gio/socket.io'
    });
  

slightly better but the server was not responding so on the server added

• modifying server

    //const io = require('socket.io')(server)
  
    const io = require('socket.io')(server,
    { 
      secure: true,
      rejectUnauthorized: false, 
      path: '/s2gio/socket.io'
    });
  
    io.of('/s2gio')
  

now the messages from client show up on server but they do not 'emit' from the server.

comparing the ssl nginx debug file

  2020-03-12T19:12:36.309Z socket.io:socket emitting event ["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Avacado","done":1,"jsod":"","loc":"produce"}]
  2020-03-12T19:12:36.309Z socket.io:socket dispatching an event ["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Avacado","done":1,"jsod":"","loc":"produce"}]

that's all I get before they both go back to writing 2's and 3's. But localhost does encodes, encoding, writing and sending

  2020-03-12T19:12:36.309Z socket.io:socket emitting event ["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Avacado","done":1,"jsod":"","loc":"produce"}]
  2020-03-12T19:12:36.309Z socket.io:socket dispatching an event ["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Avacado","done":1,"jsod":"","loc":"produce"}]
  message:  { lid: 'Jutebi',
    product: 'Red potatoes',
    done: 0,
    jsod: '',
    loc: 'dairy' }
    socket.io-parser encoding packet {"type":2,"data":["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Red potatoes","done":0,"jsod":"","loc":"dairy"}],"nsp":"/"} +16ms
    socket.io-parser encoded {"type":2,"data":["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Red potatoes","done":0,"jsod":"","loc":"dairy"}],"nsp":"/"} as 2["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Red potatoes","done":0,"jsod":"","loc":"dairy"}] +0ms
    socket.io:client writing packet ["2[\"message\",{\"lid\":\"Jutebi\",\"product\":\"Red potatoes\",\"done\":0,\"jsod\":\"\",\"loc\":\"dairy\"}]"] +15m
    engine:socket sending packet "message" (2["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Red potatoes","done":0,"jsod":"","loc":"dairy"}]) +17ms
    engine:ws writing "42["message",{"lid":"Jutebi","product":"Red potatoes","done":0,"jsod":"","loc":"dairy"}]" +19ms
    qry.sql:  INSERT INTO items SET `lid` = 'Jutebi', `product` = 'Red potatoes', `done` = 0, `jsod` = '', `loc` = 'dairy' ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `lid` = 'Jutebi', `product` = 'Red potatoes', `done` = 0, `jsod` = '', `loc` = 'dairy'

the server is pretty simple

  const io = require('socket.io')(server);

  io.on('connect', (socket) => {
    io.emit('message', 'connected io')


    socket.on('switch2room', (room)=>{
      console.log('swwwwww')
      console.log('switch2room: ', room)
      socket.leaveAll()
      socket.join(room, ()=>{
        console.log('subscribe ', socket.rooms);  
        io.in(room).emit('message', `inside ${room} party people?`)   
      })
    })

    socket.on('message', (message)=>{
      console.log('message: ', message)
      io.in('/s2gio/'+message.lid).emit('message',message)
      if(message.done==-1){
        const qry=conn.query('DELETE FROM items WHERE lid=? AND product=?',[message.lid,message.product],()=>{
          console.log('qry.sql: ', qry.sql)
        })
      }else{
        const qry = conn.query('INSERT INTO items SET ? ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE ?', [message,message], (error,results)=>{
          console.log('qry.sql: ', qry.sql)
        })
      }
    })
  });

  server.listen(cfg.port.socket);
  console.log('wss listening on '+cfg.port.socket);

I also tried adding 'namespace' in emit on the server

  io.on('connect', (socket) => {
    io.emit('message', '/s2gio/connected io')
  ...

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated