Hi,
how do I broadcast .send a message to all connected clients?
#Websocket broadcast
strange wren
strange wren
either `socket.publish()` or `server.publish()`
oh thanks!
strange wren
ok... I'm having some weird stuff going on, maybe it's normal and I'm just noob on this...
I've setup a websocket server to broadcast data to all connected clients when a clients connect (open(ws){ws.publish('channel',MESSAGE)})...
the issue happens when the client loses connection to the websocket server, I setup a reconnection code (socket.onclose = (e)=>{ socket = new Websocket(ADDR) }), so it should make the server publish the set MESSAGE, but it doesn't get to any clients that have reconnected without reloading the page... that's the thing I don't understand... the webpage must be reloaded for it to receive the broadcast or message... 🤔
coral ginkgo
did you subscribe that client to topic after reconnect?
and ws.publish() skips itself when broadcasting
strange wren
yeah, I set it up to open(ws){ws.subscribe(CHANNEL);ws.publish(...)} and close(ws,c,m){ws.unsubscribe(CHANNEL)} 🤔
is it because I'm unsubscribing them?
they should subscribe again, no?
coral ginkgo
did you rebind .onmessage handler on your clients?
coral ginkgo
socket = new Websocket() creates completely new client that has no onmessage listener attached
strange wren
yeah... I just realized that I did rebind the "onclose" but the "onmessaage" 🫠
coral ginkgo
(including all other events like .onclose and so on)
strange wren
yeah... that was the issue... 😅 thanks and sorry for the time...
coral ginkgo
always here to help
strange wren
btw, is it the same to use socket.onmessage and socket.addEventListener('message', callback)??
strange wren
oh ok... just wanted to be sure...
