Any pointers on working with websockets in Remix?

[hazy karma]

I'm not really sure where to look, currently building a realtime newsfeed app (hosted on Netlify but can migrate to other provider if necessary)

[wraith osprey]

Don't think websockets work yet, but Server-Sent Events are supported.

https://github.com/jacob-ebey/remix-sse-live-viewers

[hasty dome]

there's an example using the Express adapter and socket.io

Netlify don't support being a WS server but you can deploy a socket.io server somewhere else and keep your Remix app in Netlify

the example shows how to use the same Express server to run both WS and Remix

this is the example https://github.com/remix-run/examples/tree/main/socket.io

[vital haven]

We've just been doing all our websockets Client side for now.

[hasty dome]

WS has a client and a server-side part

[vital haven]

Haha, my brain is too deep into my own project. We have an external backend outside of remix, so our websockets are handled there

I just assumed they meant using some public websocket data for a feed

[hazy karma]

sorry guys i went to sleep after asking this question haha

but yeah i was asking about client side WS, my bad

we have a separate backend for our api atm

[hazy karma]

so i assume i can just use WS on the client like any other client library?

[hasty dome]

Yeah, create the WS connection inside an effect and that’s it

[hazy karma]

awesome, thanks!