CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jssocketstream
Beast
Beast

Reputation: 615

ss.api.publish.user('someUser Id', content) is not working in socket stream

I'm using socket stream to send the data to the logged in user by using the following code

var ss = require('socketstream'); .... .... ss.api.publish.user('userId', content);

but the ss.api.publish is undefined is what the error i'm receiving.

Where am i going wrong. Please advice.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 128

Answers (1)

luksch
luksch

Reputation: 11712

The API for a publish to a user is:

Sending to Users Once a user has been authenticated (which basically means their session now includes a value for req.session.userId), you can message the user directly by passing the userId (or an array of IDs) to the first argument of ss.publish.user as so:

// in a /server/rpc file
ss.publish.user('fred', 'specialOffer', 'Here is a special offer just for you!');

Important: When a user signs out of your app, you should call req.session.setUserId(null, cb) to prevent the browser from receiving future events addressed to that userId. Note: This command only affects the current session. If the user is logged in via other devices/sessions these will be unaffected.

The above is taken from the original document describing the socketstream pub/sub api.

as you can see, you need to supply one more argument than you thought. That is, becasue on the client side you need to subscribe to a message channel in order to get the message. In the above example, you need to do this in your client side code:

ss.event.on('specialOffer', function(message){
  alert(message);
});

Upvotes: 2

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