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MayankS
MayankS

Reputation: 456

Implement real time notification(message) feature in my rails app

I need to implement real time notification feature in my rails app. Can anybody tell me what are possible good ways to implement this feature?

One of my colleague suggested me to go with node.js and redis. Is it the right way to proceed for this feature.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2111

Answers (3)

BaronVonBraun
BaronVonBraun

Reputation: 4293

Take a look at Private Pub. It's a Ruby gem that makes use of a publish/subscribe system called Faye.

You set up client-side message handlers in Javascript that listen to particular channels. Then, from the Rails side of things, you can publish messages to those channels. The messages are picked up effectively in "real time" back on the client side.

It's been working wonderfully for me; I'd strongly suggest anyone giving it a try.

Upvotes: 3

sjain
sjain

Reputation: 23354

For real time notifications try Pusher.

If you get any notifications like a new message then you can go on to setup a handler at client side. Likewise on the server side, you can tell pusher to notify for a message to any client that you want typically the one that sends the notifications.

Upvotes: 0

squadette
squadette

Reputation: 8306

Try Ajax Push Engine. Do not bother with Node.js.

Upvotes: 2

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