Custom plugin: Which is better jQuery post Or socket.emit and Why?

[cool]

I want to clarify which approach shall I use to send the data from the client to the server. The jQuery post method or socket.emit?

My client side js

var userData = { location: markerLocation };
socket.emit('userData.save', userData, function (err, data) {
if (err) {
    return app.alertError(err.message);
}
    app.alertSuccess('[[map:details_save_success]]');
});

My plugin controller.js

Pl. help me write this piece of code: Shall I use socket.on or some other socketAPI? Also pl. guide me the right approach to overwrite the existing data (if any) for this particular req.uid in Mongo DB

Thanks in anticipation

[PitaJ]

You can do it either way. If you know how to handle posts then I'd suggest doing that. Otherwise, there are examples of socket usage in various plugins.

[cool]

Pita Could you pl. pinpoint to the exact plugin which handles the backend that I am looking for i.e. socket.on plus MongoDB overwrite

I tried to have a look at several of them but they are a little confusing

Thank you

[cool]

I am done with this. If somebody needs help for this topic, he/she may send a notification to me.