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Ossama
Ossama

Reputation: 2433

Node-Red detect dashboard page visit

How can I get node-red to detect that the dashboard UI page has been visited, i.e. someone is looking at the page.

I say this be cause I would then send more frequent updates to the dashboard then when no one is visiting. i know i can implement a Websockets, but then this will be a page that i create not the dashboard UI

I have looked everywhere, and in forums, no solutions offered besides create a custom webpage

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2211

Answers (1)

knolleary
knolleary

Reputation: 10117

The ui_control node can be used to emit messages when this happens.

From the info sidebar for the ui_control node:

When any browser client connects or loses connection, or changes tab, this node will emit a msg containing:

  • payload - connect, lost, or change.
  • socketid - the ID of the socket (this will change every time the browser reloads the page).
  • socketip - the ip address from where the connection originated.
  • tab - the number of the tab. (Only for 'change' event).
  • name - the name of the tab. (Only for 'change' event).

Upvotes: 4

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